ECON 341 - Drug Discovery and Development

Description

Hours: Three hours lecture per week Prerequisites: Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4) 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.

Meeting Information

Status: Open
Class Number: 1201
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 8/27/2016 - 12/23/2016
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 41
Available Seats: 4
Wait List Capacity: 30
Wait List Total: 0

Textbook / Other Materials

Enrollment Information

• Upper Division
• B1:Physical Sciences - Physics, Geology, Earth Sci
• D: Social Perspectives
• UDIGE: Interdisciplinary

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