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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Drug Discovery by University of California San Diego

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About the Course

The University of California San Diego, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Drug Discovery course brings you lectures from both faculty and industry experts. With this course, recorded on campus at UCSD, we seek to share our access to top people in the field who bring an unprecedented range of expertise on drug discovery. In this course you will learn the drug discovery process up to the filing of an Initial New Drug Application or IND. Each week you will learn the steps that a pharmaceutical or biotech company goes through to discover a new therapeutic drug. In this course you will be able to: * Understand the pharmaceutical and biotechnology market a changing landscape * Learn the major aspects of the drug discovery process, starting with target selection, to compound screening to designing lead candidates. * Recognize current modern drug discovery based on the lock-and-key theory, which attempts to use one single compound to hit one target to combat the related disease. * Increase understanding of the various drug discovery tools and methods that are used for finding, identifying and designing a new drug. * Define and understand the regulatory responsibilities for drug discovery to file an Investigational New Drug Application (IND). This course is intended as part 1 of a series: Drug Discovery, Drug Development (https://www.coursera.org/learn/drug-development) and Drug Commercialization (https://www.coursera.org/learn/drug-commercialization). We would highly recommend that you take the courses in order since it will give you a better understanding on how a drug is discovered in the lab before being tested in clinical trials and then launched in the market place....

Top reviews

KS

Aug 15, 2023

Great course, highly recommended. The course was well organized and the content relevant to my job role. It was delivered with great enthusiasm and the format ensured that it captured its audience.

KA

Jun 10, 2023

This course taught me about the nutshell procedure and process of drug discovery in biotech and pharma companies. I'm really grateful that this course explains very briefly and particularly.

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By Ravan 1

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Apr 14, 2022

BEST COURSE

By 181BT055 S

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Jan 14, 2021

Really Good

By K.D N

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Jul 25, 2020

Great one .

By Maria M

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Sep 10, 2024

good job!

By Zakaria B

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Dec 16, 2022

excellent

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Sep 3, 2022

good one.

By Bhawana W

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Jun 26, 2022

very good

By Yash R

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Dec 26, 2016

very good

By Uma K S

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Sep 10, 2022

Useful

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Sep 5, 2022

Nothing

By Eman E

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Sep 4, 2020

helpful

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Aug 17, 2017

thanks

By Syeda N F

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Jun 9, 2021

GREAT

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Jul 9, 2024

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May 5, 2023

nice

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Aug 29, 2021

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May 8, 2021

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Feb 9, 2021

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Nov 30, 2020

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Sep 26, 2020

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By Souvik P

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Sep 6, 2020

good

By Nithyakalyani.R

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Sep 2, 2020

Good

By tirzah m

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Jul 17, 2020

good

By Karlijn B

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Nov 6, 2016

Although overall the course is interesting, it is clear that it has not been designed for MOOC format. A clear structure for learning lacks, and some of the lectures seem to be more about the people talking about their own work than trying to convey general concepts in the drug discovery field. I think the course would benefit from more structure in the way the lessons are presented, starting with a more general outline of what a good drug is etcetera. However, there are some interesting concepts I can take along in my further studies, but I am slightly disappointed.

By Saurabh G

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May 18, 2020

there is a lot of useful content but the delivery is not consistent because its basically a recording of lectures by various individuals who are speaking in their own style. The level of detail or technicality they go into also varies. The course is suitable for someone with a sound foundation in the biology involved in drug discovery and not for novices who want to understand what goes on behind coming up with a new drug.