Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Unit Catalogue 2010/11 |
PA40214: Recent advances in drug discovery |
 Credits:
| 3 |
| Level:
| Masters |
| Period: | This unit is available in... |
| Semester 1 |
| Assessment:
| CW 80%, OT 20% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: To extend the student's knowledge of how pharmaceutical companies are utilising contemporary scientific advances to identify drug targets and develop new drugs, and to promote their ability to undertake critical analysis of drug target selection and discovery programmes. Learning Outcomes: After completing this unit the student will: * Have developed an in-depth knowledge and understanding of current developments in drug discovery programmes within the pharmaceutical industry. * Be able to demonstrate an ability to generate, analyse and evaluate critically a selection of research papers covering a specific area of current drug discovery. Skills: ICT (T/F/A) Critical analysis (T/F/A) Written communication (T/F/A) Verbal communication (F). Content: Guest lecturers from pharmaceutical companies will speak on various aspects of drug target identification and validation as well as drug discovery within the biomedical field. The workshops will develop themes raised in the lectures and introduce the written assessment. |