SELECTED TOPICS OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY - BIOTECHNOLOGICAL DRUGS
cod. 1004474

Academic year 2016/17
5° year of course - First semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
SILVA Claudia
integrated course unit
10 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

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Prerequisites

Knowledge of organic chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, patology

Course unit content

Cardiovascular drugs and drugs of endocrine and metabolic system - Biotech methodologies and biotechnology-related techniques and their application to the design, production, downstream processing and characterization of biotech drugs.
Important classes of biotech drugs in different therapeutic areas, such as hormones, enzymes, cytokines, monoclonal antibodies.

Full programme

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Bibliography

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Teaching methods

Through oral lessons with slides will be presented and discussed matters relating to the course content.

Assessment methods and criteria

The achievement of the objectives of the course is checked by oral examination. The markes obtained in the two modules will be mediated.

Other information

Lectures are conducted with the aid of slides whose contents are available to students. The teaching material available online is not a replacement but a supplementary of reference texts, and a guide to a better understanding of the topics to be studied.