Drug discovery simulation

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In Class Test

QMUL student assessment pattern 001

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<p>This module provides an introduction to the subject of pharmacology, the study of drug action on biological systems. Initial lectures focus on important general pharmacological principles, including a consideration of how drugs are absorbed, distributed and then removed from the body. Subsequent lectures focus on the therapeutic action of drugs on example disease states of specific physiological systems.</p>

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Biomedical Pharmacology

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BMD225 - Biomedical Pharmacology

To be able to describe major pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic principles, such as drug efficacy and potency, specificity, off-target actions, odsing, ADME, receptor theory, toxicity and patient variation

Academic content

To be able to state drug treatments of selected medical conditions affecting physiological systems

To be able to use trustworthy sources of information to investigate and evaluate drugs, drug targets or therapeutic approaches

Communicate knowledge effectively and accurately to a wide range of audiences

Predict and provide reasoning of how individuals will respond to a drug

Describe the drug discovery process and evaluate economic and technological factors that drive drug discovery

Analyse pharmacokinetic and pharmodynamic data and use it to interpret drug action

Programme and Module Directory

Biomedical Pharmacology

BMD225

15 Credits