Class Number: 1754
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.

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Days Time Date Range Location Instructor
W 03:00 PM - 05:50 PM 08/23/2025 - 12/13/2025 Bell Tower 2582 Candice Carpenter
Status: Open
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Start Date: 08/23/2025
End Date: 12/13/2025
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

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Enrollment Total: 21
Available Seats: 15
Wait List Capacity: 15
Wait List Total: 0


Textbook / Other Materials

Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 9780190623807
Title: Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
Author: Schweitzer
Publish: Oxford University Press C/O I

Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 9780190623784
Title: Pharmaceutical Economics & Policy
Author: Schweitzer
Publish: Oxford University Press C/O I

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Enrollment Information

  • Upper Division
  • Upper Div - 5 Science
  • In-Person
  • Interdisciplinary Approaches Mission Pillar


Notes

  • Cross-listed course
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