Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery

APP CHM C206 - Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery

<p>Lecture, four hours. Provides students with knowledge of the drug discovery process. The range of topics gives key insight into the development of pharmaceuticals in the modern world, using relevant case-studies to demonstrate real-world applications of fundamentals. Students are required to have an appreciation of the synthetic methods. Concurrently scheduled with course C206. Letter grading.</p>

Applied Chemical Sciences

College of Letters and Science

Chemistry and Biochemistry

APP CHM C106 - Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery

-	Understand the processes involved in modern drug discovery

-	Know the common biological targets for pharmaceuticals and what makes a target “druggable”

-	Explain how lipophilicity is considered in the drug discovery process

-	Understand the importance of acidity and basicity for drug compounds

-	Understand how ADME affects a drug’s pharmacokinetics

-	Know the common methods for lead identification and optimisation

-	Identify, by looking at a chemical structure, whether a potential candidate is likely to be a “good drug”

General Catalog

Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery

APP CHM C106

4 units