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Language of Instruction
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English
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Level of Course Unit
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Master's Degree
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Department / Program
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BIOENGINEERING
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Type of Program
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Formal Education
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Type of Course Unit
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Elective
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Course Delivery Method
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Face To Face
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Objectives of the Course
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O1. Evaluating the important phases in drug discovery and development process.
O2. Identifying modern, synthetic and biological drugs.
O3. Giving students appreciable knowledge about main drug targets.
O4. Discussing methods used in drug design, discovery and development stages
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Course Content
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This course covers the fundamental principles of the drug discovery and development process from a multidisciplinary approach. Beginning with an historical overview of drug discovery, this lecture educates the students about important drug targets by class, in vitro screening methods, medicinal chemistry strategies in drug design, principles in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, animal models of disease states, clinical trial basics, and selected business aspects of the drug discovery process.
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Course Methods and Techniques
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Prerequisites and co-requisities
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None
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Course Coordinator
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Asist Prof.Dr. İSMAİL AKÇOK ismail.akcok@agu.edu.tr
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Name of Lecturers
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None
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Assistants
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None
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Work Placement(s)
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No
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Recommended or Required Reading
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Resources
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- Drug Discovery and Development: An Overview of Modern Methods of Principles,
- Drug Discovery Process: From Ancient Times to the Present Day
- Classical Targets in Drug Discovery
- In vitro Screening Systems, Medicinal Chemistry
- In vitro ADME and In vivo Pharmacokinetics
- Animal Models of Disease States,
- Safety and Toxicolocgy
- Basics of Clinical Trials,
- Translational Medicine and Biomarkers
- Organizational Considerations and Trends in the Pharmaceutical Industry
- Intellectual Property and Patents in Drug Discovery
- Case Studies and Drug Discovery
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