Birth of a drug

The search for new medicinal products is one of the major driving forces behind the development and application of new synthetic methods. This free course, Birth of a drug, focuses on a specific case study that follows the development of a drug for the treatment of high blood pressure. It is a particularly good example of the application of organic chemistry in the pharmaceutical industry, and illustrates the scientific processes that are involved in the development of any new drug.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 The chemical industry
• 1 The chemical industry
• 2 Video activity
• 2 Video activity
• 3 Reading activity
• 3 Reading activity
• 4 Summary of video
• 4 Summary of video
• 5 Birth of a drug
• 5 Birth of a drug
• 5.1 The medical background
• 5.2 The pharmaceutical background
• 5.3 Project initiation
• 5.4 The medical chemistry strategy
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgements