Speeding up the drug-discovery process: advanced techniques, case studies and development of an innovative project

The course aims to provide students with advanced notions of Pharmaceutical Chemistry complementary to curricular ones, illustrating with practical examples what are the latest generation techniques and approaches to accelerate the development of a new drug.
In order to allow the student to understand how to approach the design of an innovative drug, knowledge on the use of the main pharmaceutical databases will also be provided. These notions will then be used, in the final part of the course, for exercises in the computer room where each student will be guided in the development of a pharmaceutical research project based on original themes provided by the teacher.