The process of drug discovery and development is complicated and requires scientific knowledge from the molecular to the systemic level. This unit will hence cover a broad range of topics: protein structure, intermolecular forces, molecular modelling and visualisation, drug-protein interactions, structural biology, computer-aided drug design, drug discovery, lead identification and turning a lead into a drug, pre-clinical and clinical phases of drug development, the importance of pharmacokinetics in drug development and intellectual property issues in drug discovery. The unit will include lectures from university- and industry-based scientists who are actively engaged in various aspects... -- Course Website
