Drug Design, Code PCE11
Aim of the Course
The course aims to provide students with an understanding of the process of drug discovery and development from the identification of novel drug targets to the introduction of new drugs into clinical practice as well as the recent advances in the use of c
Course Contents
- Drug development and lead identifications
- Functional group modifications (variation of substituent's, homologation, ring expansion/contraction, bioisosterism).
- Mechanism-based drug design (drugs affecting enzymes, receptors, biochemistry of the cell,