Class Number: 2659
Description: Hours: Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisites: Successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (1A, 1B, 1C, 2)
Description: How are drugs discovered? What determines the price for a drug? What is the difference between a generic and non-generic drug? These questions will be examined with an interdisciplinary approach. Topics include the isolation of compounds from natural sources, the screening of compounds for biological activity, structure-activity relationships of drugs, computer-assisted drug design, combinatorial chemistry, bioinformatics, the FDA approval process for new drugs, and the economic and business aspects of pharmaceutical investment and development.
| Days | Time | Date Range | Location | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MW | 03:00 PM - 04:15 PM | 01/17/2015 - 05/15/2015 | Aliso Hall 150 | Thomas Schulze |
Status: Open
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Start Date: 01/17/2015
End Date: 05/15/2015
Grading: Letter Grade
Class Availability
Information below is 24 hours old.Enrollment Total: 62
Available Seats: 10
Wait List Capacity: 72
Wait List Total: 0
Textbook / Other Materials
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 978-0-7637-6636-8
Title: Modern Pharmaceutical Industry: A Primer
Author: Jacobsen & Wertheimer
Publish: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
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Enrollment Information
- Upper Division
- B1:Physical Sciences - Physics, Geology, Earth Sci
- D: Social Perspectives
- UDIGE: Interdisciplinary
Notes
- Open to Juniors and Seniors Only
- Cross-listed course