Discover how a drug moves from the laboratory to the clinic. Learn the science and techniques behind drug development across the phases of translational pharmaceutics. Study the principles of pharmacokinetics to test the effectiveness of a drug in laboratory settings, and explore how clinical trials are designed and managed. Investigate how to optimize drug formulation, scale up manufacturing processes, and produce biologics and designer drugs. Explore clinical trial design and management topics, including the Good Clinical Practice (GCP) standard, phases of clinical trials, the role of the Food and Drug Administration and Institutional Review Boards and ethical principles.
Key Outcomes
You will have a fundamental understanding of how to take a pharmaceutical agent through the steps of development to make you effective at bridging the gap between the laboratory and clinic.