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Introduction to Biopharma: Basics

Description: This course introduces the students to the biopharmaceutical industry by focusing on the drug discovery and development process. The course begins by explaining what a drug is and proceeds through the steps required to discover a drug and take it from "bench to bedside."

COURSE OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION
1. Course Information
2. Interface Tour

OVERVIEW
3. Course Overview
4. What is a Drug?

DRUG DISCOVERY
5. Objectives
6. The Drug Pipeline
7. Challenge: Filling the Pipeline
8. Drug Discovery - Past
9. Innovation Deficit
10. Drug Discovery - Present
11. Progress Check

KEY TECHNOLOGIES
12. Objectives
13. Genomics
14. Proteomics
15. Bioinformatics
16. Progress Check

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Students completing this course should be able to:

List common categories of the drugs
Describe all of the phases of drug development "pipeline"
Explain why currently used drugs only target a small set of proteins
Explain how drug discovery has evolved over time
List the key technologies that are used in modern drug discovery
List the major differences between the "old way" and the "new way" of discovering novel drugs

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