Drug development process: combating pain

Drug development process: combating pain, is a free course offering a brief introduction to the process of new drug discovery; from identification of a suitable candidate drug molecule to the development of a commercial drug product available in the clinic for pain relief or as an anti-inflammatory.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Drug discovery process
• 1 Drug discovery process
• 1.1  Use of molecular modelling in drug design
• 2 Developing anti-inflammatory drugs
• 2 Developing anti-inflammatory drugs
• 2.1  Understanding pain
• 2.2  Opioid drugs
• 2.3  Steroid drugs
• 2.4  NSAIDS
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgements