Frank R. Gorga, Ph.D.
  Special Topics in Chemistry: Drug Development
(CHEM 490)
 

Please note:

This material is from the Fall 2008 edition of CHEM 490.
It will not be updated again until I next teach this course.

Syllabus (pdf file)

Statement on Plagiarism (pdf file)

Course Materials::
 

Textbook:

Drug Discovery & Development: Volume 1 (Drug DIscovery) by M.S. Chorghade, Wiley (2006)

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  ChemBioOffice 2008
(BSC Students only; look under the "Other Software tab)
   
  The Pharmaceutical Business -- Overview
   
Software:
  First Glance -- web-based program (in Jmol) for visualizing structures
  Accelrys DS Visualizer (registration required; free otherwise)
   
Other Links:
  Drug Discovery Today
  Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (J Med Chem)
  Drug Discovery News
   
Review Materials
  Review of Bonding (see especially the sections on Van derWalls interactions and on hydrogen bonding)
  Protein Structure (my own site)
   
  ISOA/ARF Drug Development Tutorial (pdf file)
   

 

 
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