Clinical Program Courses - PharmD

PMC 701 - Medicinal Chemistry I (2+1)
This course is tailored to assist the students to gain the drugs affecting the autonomic nervous system (ANS), drugs acting on the cardiovascular system (CVS), CNS. The course handles different classes of antibiotics and antimicrobials (natural and synthetic), beside other synthetic chemotherapeutic agents (including antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitics). Additionally, various anticancer therapies, steroidal hormones and related drugs are also covered.

PMC 802 - Medicinal Chemistry II ( 2+ 1 )
The course is tailored to assist the students to gain the drugs affecting neurodegenerative disorders. Moreover, endocrine-related drugs (Diabetes, thyroid and calcium-regulating agents), antihistamines (H1, H2 blockers and anti-ulcer PPIs), drugs controlling pain and inflammation (NSAIDs, local anaesthetics and rheumatoid drugs) are also handled.

PMC E04 - Drug Design (1+1)
This course will allow students to get introduced to 2D drugs design methods including introduction to pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic propertied, physicochemical propertied, isosterism, and prodrug design. In addition, 3D drug design methods will be discussed including chemical drawing, ADME and drug-likeness studies. Moreover, the application of computer-aided drug design, identification of drug receptor interactions, lead optimization, target prediction and similarity search. This course will allow students to perform docking experiment(s) to understand how drugs bind into the active site of their corresponding enzymes/receptors. During this course, students should be able to apply their fundamental background knowledge in medicinal chemistry I-II, Organic chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology to deal with and assimilate the different topics included.