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By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
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Identify a definition for the term drug
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Discuss how the purpose of drugs can be for symptom relief, to cure a disease or to prevent a disease
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Compare estimates for the length of time it takes to produce a drug and the cost of the process
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Identify the different mechanisms by which drugs have been discovered and how these have changed over time
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Explain how an understanding of the molecular structure of a drug target molecule can lead to the development of new drugs
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Describe the journey that a drug has to take through the body to its target and the factors that influence how much drug arrives at the target
