The general principles of drug action, focussing on the major targets for drug action, drug-receptor interactions, chemotherapy, drug design, pharmacognosy and drug screening, toxicology and measurements in pharmacology.

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Drugs: Triggering System Responses

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BM2310 - Drugs: Triggering System Responses

Investigate the principles of selective toxicity and the development of antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal and cancer chemotherapy agents

Explain how drugs are able to affect the functioning of living systems

Appraise the chemical, pharmacological, pharmacokinetic, therapeutic and adverse aspects of a selected drug

Describe the approaches to the development of new pharmaceutical agents, including drug design, drug screening and natural product pharmacology

Compare and contrast the rationale behind drug formulations and different routes of administration, the time course of drug action, drug metabolism and toxicology