PhD courses at University of Copenhagen

Medicines: Discovery, Design, Delivery and Use MeD3U
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3141-14-00-00
	Enrollment deadline: 29/09/2014

Date and time	27.10.2014, at: 09:00 - 07.11.2014, at: 16:00
Regular seats	20
Course fee	9,480.00 kr.
Lecturers	Lona Louring Christrup
ECTS credits	7.00

Contact person	Marianne Wieslander Jørgensen E-mail address: marianne.joergensen@sund.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content Learning objectives A student who has met the objectives of the course: a. Have a broad knowledge of the various phases involved in development of new drugs b. Have an insight in and an understanding of the dynamic and interdisciplinary nature of the drug development process c. Have the ability to understand and communicate with other experts across the different fields of the drug development process Content The various disciplines and elements which are involved in the process of drug discovery and development, from validation of a drug target to the identification of a lead structure leading to development and use of a drug will be covered:. - Target identification, evaluation and identification of lead structures - Medicinal Chemistry: Lead optimisation and synthesis - Pharmacology and non-clinical safety - Pre-formulation - Pharmaceutical formulation, production and quality systems - Clinical trials - Regulatory affairs and patents Participants The target group will be PhD students with a non-pharmaceutical background. Language English Form The individual topics will be covered by lectures and case stories given by experts from industry and will form the basis for the participants to work on a project in groups of three to four. The project work will be based on a registered drug substance; each group will work with a different drug substance; the substances selected will vary from year to year; the selection criteria is based on the wish to provide the participants with a broad knowledge of different drug types (small molecules, peptides and biologics), different administration routes (oral, parenteral, nasal etc.) and different targets (local and systemic) as well as different therapeutics groups (CNS, cardiovascular etc.) and different patient groups (elderly, children). The project work will be guided by both external teachers from industry and PHARMA-based scientists representing the different topics. Course directors Lona Christrup Professor PhD; ILF; llc@sund.ku.dk Flemming Steen Professor, PhD Jørgensen ILF Birger Brodin Associate Professor PhD IF Teachers Experts in the field will give lectures and provide case stories on the individual topics, which will form the basis for project work in groups of three to four during the course. PHARMA-based scientists representing different disciplines will guide participants in their project work. Course secretary Marianne W Jørgensen Marianne.Joergesen@sund.ku.dk Course location PharmaSchool UP2 Dates October 27th to November 7th 2014 from 9.00 to 16.00