Course level

Postgraduate Coursework

Faculty

Medicine

Schools

Biomedical Sciences School, Pharmacy School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Delivery mode

Internal

Class hours

6 Contact hours

Assessment methods

Assignments, oral presentation, end-of-semester examination

Course enquiries

Dr Richard Clark

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) St Lucia In Person Course Profile

Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.

Course description

Recent developments in lead discovery, natural products, high throughput and high content screening, GLP/GCRP/GMP; dosage formulations, preclinical evaluation of new drug entities, assays and the drug pipeline, clinical evaluation of new drugs, human and animal ethics, registration of novel compounds from these drug discovery processes, licensing. It is strongly recommended that students have a solid background in organic chemistry before enrolling in this course.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2025 (17/02/2025 - 14/06/2025) St Lucia In Person Profile unavailable
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2019 (25/02/2019 - 22/06/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2017 (27/02/2017 - 24/06/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2015 (02/03/2015 - 27/06/2015) St Lucia Internal Course Profile