| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
Introduction of drug discovery and development process from Bench to Bedside |
| Week 2 |
Computer-Aided Rational Drug Design |
| Week 3 |
Cause of disease and Therapeutic Drug Targets |
| Week 4 |
Animal studies to bridge translational gap between basic scientific discoveries and human medicine |
| Week 5 |
Lead Discovery: High-Throughput Screening (HTS) |
| Week 6 |
Drug Physiological/Physicochemical Properties: The physical and chemical characteristics of a drug that influence its interaction with the body |
| Week 7 |
Hit-to-Lead (H2L) Selection and Lead Optimization |
| Week 8 |
Oral Presentation and Mid-Term Evaluation |
| Week 9 |
Pharmacology: How Drugs Affect Living Organisms
Pharmacokinetics (PK) & Pharmacodynamics (PD)
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| Week 10 |
IND-Enabling Toxicology Studies Essential For Safeguarding Patient Health |
| Week 11 |
Drug Formulation: Turning API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) into Effective Medi-cines |
| Week 12 |
Introduction of Human Clinical Trial (Phase I-III) |
| Week 13 |
Intellectual Property (IP) Rights and Patent Application |
| Week 14 |
Leadership, Project Development and Team Collaboration |
| Week 15 |
Oral Presentation: Making Improvement |
| Week 16 |
Final Evaluation and Constructive Feedback |
self-directed
learning |
03.Preparing presentations or reports related to industry and academia.
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