BUS 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

Info current as 11/21/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
S  1:30 PM  -  5:30 PM  10/3/2016 - 12/23/2016 David Damron

Status: Open
Class Number: 2867
Session: Extended Session 2
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 10/3/2016 - 12/23/2016
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 18
Available Seats: 12
Wait List Capacity: 10
Wait List Total: 0

Textbook / Other Materials

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780521864558
Title: Moral Corporation
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Author: Vagelos

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Enrollment Information

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

Notes

BS BUS - Goleta
Cross-listed course