Introduction
PART 1: How Drugs are Discovered and Developed in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Introduction to Drugs and Drug Targets
Background to chemistry of small and large molecules
Laying the foundations- Drug discovery from antiquity to the twenty first century
Part II-The drug development pipeline - discovery to testing in humans
Drug discovery pipeline overview
Target discovery
Medicinal chemistry
Biotherapeutics
Screening for hits
Process chemistry and formulation
Preclinical development
Part III-The drug development pipeline - clinical trials to marketing authorisation
Clinical trials
Regulatory affairs and marketing approval
Diagnostics and personalized medicine
Putting it All Together: a drug development case history
Part IV- The Global Pharmaceuticals Business
Commercial aspects of drug development
Challenges and responses
Part V
Professional Interactions with the Drug Discovery Industry.-Professional Interactions with the Drug Discovery Industry: Technology Transfer Executives
Recruitment Executives
Pharmaceutical translators and Interpreters.