Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Development

3 Units

This course provides an overview on how principles in chemistry and biology are integrated to facilitate drug development. Primary emphasis will be placed on the development of organic molecules as drugs and metabolic enzymes as drug targets. Subjects pertinent to the introduction of medicinal chemistry, evaluation of drug efficacies in vitro and in vivo, and drug metabolism will be covered. Offered as CHEM 333 and CHEM 433 . Prereq: CHEM 223 or CHEM 323 and BIOL 215 . Coreq: CHEM 224 or CHEM 324 .