CHEM347-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Drug Discovery and Development

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

Description

This course covers the drug discovery and development process, all the way from lead generation, to structure optimisation, synthetic production, the protection and development of intellectual property, and crossing regulatory hurdles and clinical trials. As part of the course students will participate in an interactive mock drug discovery exercise. The course will also comprise significant Bicultural components, including ethical and legal considerations of obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi, Treaty Claims, and the rights of indigenous peoples.

Prerequisites

Recommended Preparation

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 12:00 - 13:00 Jack Erskine 242
15 Jul - 28 Jul
12 Aug - 25 Aug
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 15:00 - 16:00 Jack Erskine 101
15 Jul - 28 Jul
12 Aug - 25 Aug
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 15:00 - 16:00 Jack Erskine 239
15 Jul - 28 Jul
12 Aug - 25 Aug
Lecture D
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 10:00 - 11:00 Jack Erskine 239
15 Jul - 25 Aug
Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 13:00 - 16:00 Ernest Rutherford 212 Computer Lab (30/7)
Ernest Rutherford 464 Computer Lab (6/8)
29 Jul - 11 Aug
Workshop A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 11:00 - 13:00 Jack Erskine 240
9 Sep - 20 Oct

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Daniel Foley

Lecturers

Rudi Marquez-Mazlin and Timothy Allison

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignments 60%
Exam 30%
Oral Presentation 10%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $978.00

International fee $4,988.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Physical & Chemical Sciences .

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