Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
2 credits
15.0 h + 15.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Muccioli Giulio; Préat Véronique (coordinator);
Language
French
Main themes
The course will present the long path in the development of a new drug using examples, it will illustrate the design of new chemical entities, pre-clinical development and clinical studies.
During seminar, small group of the students will acquire the competences mentioned in the objectives.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | The aim of the course is to explain the different steps in the discovery of a new drug to its delivery to the patient and to lead to the understanding of the interaction of the different scientific domains involved in drug conception. In this content, the student will learn to use scientific data banks criticize the information and for good scientific communication |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
During the course, the steps involved in the development of a new drug will be described from chemistry in drug design to drug marketing. The relation of the key steps with the different courses that will be taught will be explained.
The student will prepare and present orally a drug and discuss different topics e.g. how was it discovered ? How is it delivered ? What are the key information in the scientific notice of the marketed drugs ?
Teaching methods
Class teaching as well as seminars under the supervision of teaching assistants
Evaluation methods
Written exam.
10% of the mark for June’s evaluation comes from the seminar’s note.
10% of the mark for June’s evaluation comes from the seminar’s note.
Online resources
An adapted version of the material presented during the lessons is available on the "moodle" platform.
Teaching materials
- une version des supports présentés est disponible sur moodle
Faculty or entity
FARM
