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SL32028: Advanced drug discovery

[Page last updated: 15 May 2025]

Academic Year: 2025/26
Owning Department/School: Department of Life Sciences
Credits: 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 200
Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Period:
Academic Year
Assessment Summary: CWRI 50%, EXCB 50%
Assessment Detail:
  • Article (CWRI 20%)
  • Closed-book written examination (EXCB 50%)
  • Report individual (CWRI 30%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites: Before taking this module you must have taken SL22024 or SL20008 or similar
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit, the student should be able to:
  • Appraise current developments and challenges in drug discovery programmes within the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Demonstrate an ability to identify, analyse, interpret and evaluate a selection of research papers and presentations covering a specific area of current drug discovery.
  • Engage with a variety of scientific resources including seminars and webinars.
  • Analyse and interpret recent research publications in pharmacology.



Synopsis: Develop an appreciation of current developments and challenges in drug discovery programmes in the pharmaceutical industry. Demonstrate an ability to identify, analyse, interpret and evaluate research papers and presentations covering a specific area of current drug discovery. Engage with a variety of scientific resources including seminars and primary studies. Develop professional skills through presentation of your research as a written review, news and views article and infographic.

Content: Students will attend a series of seminars designed to provide an insight into the challenges of drug discovery and development. Guest lecturers from pharmaceutical companies will speak on various aspects of novel drug target identification and validation as well as current examples of drug discovery within the biomedical field. Students will carry out research to identify a novel drug target and summarise a new development in a News and Views article. Students will also be expected to develop cognitive and transferable skills through analysis and interpretation of recent research publications in pharmacology.

Course availability:

SL32028 is Optional on the following courses:

Department of Life Sciences
  • USSL-AFB13 : BSc(Hons) Pharmacology (Year 3)
  • USSL-AKB04 : BSc(Hons) Pharmacology with Year long work placement (Year 4)

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