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Drug Discovery

This course is part of Drug Development Product Management Specialization

Williams S. Ettouati, Pharm.D.
Joseph D. Ma

Instructors: Williams S. Ettouati, Pharm.D.

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Williams S. Ettouati, Pharm.D.
Williams S. Ettouati, Pharm.D.
University of California San Diego
3 Courses•208,306 learners
Joseph D. Ma
Joseph D. Ma
University of California San Diego
3 Courses•208,306 learners

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6 modules
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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6 modules
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.6

(3,879 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
9 hours to complete
Learn at your own pace
97%
Most learners liked this course
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  • Chemistry
  • Laboratory Research
  • Regulatory Affairs
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Medical Science and Research
  • Bioinformatics
  • Clinical Trials
  • Healthcare Industry Knowledge
  • Pharmacology

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There are 6 modules in this course

The University of California San Diego, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Drug Discovery course brings you lectures from both faculty and industry experts. With this course, recorded on campus at UCSD, we seek to share our access to top people in the field who bring an unprecedented range of expertise on drug discovery.

In this course you will learn the drug discovery process up to the filing of an Initial New Drug Application or IND. Each week you will learn the steps that a pharmaceutical or biotech company goes through to discover a new therapeutic drug. In this course you will be able to: * Understand the pharmaceutical and biotechnology market a changing landscape * Learn the major aspects of the drug discovery process, starting with target selection, to compound screening to designing lead candidates. * Recognize current modern drug discovery based on the lock-and-key theory, which attempts to use one single compound to hit one target to combat the related disease. * Increase understanding of the various drug discovery tools and methods that are used for finding, identifying and designing a new drug. * Define and understand the regulatory responsibilities for drug discovery to file an Investigational New Drug Application (IND). This course is intended as part 1 of a series: Drug Discovery, Drug Development (https://www.coursera.org/learn/drug-development) and Drug Commercialization (https://www.coursera.org/learn/drug-commercialization). We would highly recommend that you take the courses in order since it will give you a better understanding on how a drug is discovered in the lab before being tested in clinical trials and then launched in the market place.

What's included

1 video1 discussion prompt

1 video•Total 3 minutes
  • Welcome!•3 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Get to know your fellow Courserians!•10 minutes

In this module course lead Dr. Williams Ettouati begins by giving a landscape overview of the Pharma and Biotechnology landscape.

What's included

7 videos3 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts

7 videos•Total 70 minutes
  • Pharma and Biotechnology Landscape•8 minutes
  • Key Issues for Pharma•11 minutes
  • Global Outlook: What will the Future Look Like?•10 minutes
  • Creating a Sustainable Business•12 minutes
  • Patient-Centric Drug Discovery and Commercialization•9 minutes
  • A New Approach to R&D•10 minutes
  • Innovation and Its Role in Developing Better Drugs•7 minutes
3 readings•Total 15 minutes
  • Meet the Instructors•5 minutes
  • Lecture Slides•0 minutes
  • A new Master Degree in Science in Drug Development & Product Management at UCSD•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Pharma and Biotech•30 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
  • Mega-mergers: What are their implications?•10 minutes
  • Pharma and Biotech Changes•10 minutes

This week we will be hearing from Phillip Bourne, PhD. Dr. Bourne was, at the time of this recording, the Associate Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Industrial Alliances in the UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Since that time, he has been named the first Associate Director for Data Science at the United States National Institutes of Health.

What's included

5 videos1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt

5 videos•Total 49 minutes
  • Drug Discovery: Proteomics, Genomics I•9 minutes
  • Drug Discovery: Proteomics, Genomics II•11 minutes
  • Drug Discovery: Proteomics, Genomics III•9 minutes
  • Drug Discovery: Proteomics, Genomics IV•9 minutes
  • Drug Discovery: Proteomics, Genomics V•10 minutes
1 reading
  • Lecture Slides•0 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Drug Discovery: Proteomics, Genomics•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • What's the most interesting thing discussed this module?•10 minutes

This week we will hear from Ronald Christopher, Ph.D. Dr. Ronald Christopher, Vice President of Preclinical Trials at Arena Pharmaceuticals.

What's included

6 videos1 reading1 assignment2 discussion prompts

6 videos•Total 62 minutes
  • Compound Selection & Preclinical Studies I•10 minutes
  • Compound Selection & Preclinical Studies II•9 minutes
  • Compound Selection & Preclinical Studies III•8 minutes
  • Compound Selection & Preclinical Studies IV•10 minutes
  • Compound Selection & Preclinical Studies V•9 minutes
  • Compound Selection & Preclinical Studies VI•13 minutes
1 reading
  • Lecture Slides•0 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Compound Selection and Pre-clinical Studies•30 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
  • Efforts in Drug Discovery: Differences between first-in-class and best-in-class•10 minutes
  • Develop your own first-in-class drug•10 minutes

In this module we will hear from Stephen Burley, M.D., Ph.D. At the time of this recording, Director of the Center for Integrative Proteomics at Rutgers University. He is now the Director of the Protein Data Bank and remains an Adjunct Professor at the UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

What's included

5 videos2 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts

5 videos•Total 50 minutes
  • Challenges in Fragment Based Drug Discovery for Protein Kinases I•10 minutes
  • Challenges in Fragment Based Drug Discovery for Protein Kinases II•10 minutes
  • Challenges in Fragment Based Drug Discovery for Protein Kinases III•11 minutes
  • Challenges in Fragment Based Drug Discovery for Protein Kinases IV•9 minutes
  • Challenges in Fragment Based Drug Discovery for Protein Kinases V•8 minutes
2 readings•Total 3 minutes
  • Optional: Examples using structure based approaches•3 minutes
  • Lecture Slides•0 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Challenges in Fragment Based Drug Discovery for Protein Kinases•30 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
  • Collaboration among scientific disciplines - how important is it?•10 minutes
  • Clinical Trials Interruptions: What can we learn?•10 minutes

This module we hear from Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Pediatrics, Brookie Best, Pharm. D., of UCSD's Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

What's included

5 videos1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt

5 videos•Total 47 minutes
  • Key Concepts in Drug Delivery I•9 minutes
  • Key Concepts in Drug Delivery II•10 minutes
  • Key Concepts in Drug Delivery III•10 minutes
  • Key Concepts in Drug Delivery IV•10 minutes
  • Key Concepts in Drug Delivery V•6 minutes
1 reading
  • Lecture Slides•0 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Concepts in Drug Delivery Quiz•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • How did this course help you?•10 minutes

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4.6 (1,161 ratings)
Williams S. Ettouati, Pharm.D.
Williams S. Ettouati, Pharm.D.
University of California San Diego
3 Courses•208,306 learners
Joseph D. Ma
Joseph D. Ma
University of California San Diego
3 Courses•208,306 learners

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