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Find out how scientists discover chemical candidates for new pharmaceuticals. You'll learn how to meet the pharmaceutical industry鈥檚 increasing demands for drugs that can treat illnesses safely and more effectively, overcome antibiotic resistance, and be produced at a lower financial and environmental cost.

Course description

This course covers the drug discovery and design techniques used in the pharmaceutical industry. You鈥檒l study topics such as pharmacology, toxicology and genomics as you learn how target molecules to treat specific diseases are identified, characterised and optimised for potential clinical trials.

Your training will cover the fundamental chemistry and biology of protein interactions, their role in disease and how drugs affect the human body. You鈥檒l learn about computer-aided drug design techniques that are used to predict how well a potential drug might work and screening technologies that are used to test a drug鈥檚 effect on its molecular targets.

The course is taught by world-leading scientists from across chemistry, biology and medicine, and gives you access to state-of-the-art screening and analysis facilities.

Please see our University website for the most up-to-date course information.