What you will learn
- Analyze the economic, legal, and regulatory factors that drive pharmaceutical innovation.
- Understand the progression of clinical trials and interpret data collected at each stage.
- Apply methods for measuring and quantifying drug-target interactions and biological activity.
- Master the principles of pharmacokinetics, including ADME properties and PK/PD modeling.
- Evaluate drug safety using both in vitro and in vivo study approaches.
- Calculate appropriate first-in-human doses and predict human efficacy from preclinical data.
- Implement approaches to lead discovery and optimization for improved efficacy and safety.
- Navigate the role of patents and intellectual property in pharmaceutical development.
- Identify how regulatory designations can accelerate approval for critical therapies.
- Apply real-world insights from case studies drawn directly from the pharmaceutical research literature.
Program Overview
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6 skill-building courses
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5 months
5 - 9 hours per week
Discounted price: $489.60
Pre-discounted price: $544USD
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Courses in this program
DavidsonX's Drug Discovery and Lead Optimization Professional Certificate
- Innovate & Regulate: Drug Research, Costs, Clinical Trials & Approval
- Measuring Pharmacodynamics: From Ligand Binding to Clinical Outcomes
- Introduction to Pharmacokinetics: From ADME to PK/PD
- Preclinical Safety: From In Vitro Assays to Human Dose Predictions
- Lead Discovery & Optimization for Efficacy, PK, & Safety
- Literature Case Studies in Drug Discovery
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