Pharmaceutical Product Development
117A Schmucker Science Center South
610-436-2939
e-mail: ppd@wcupa.edu
Stephen J. Zimniski, Director
Faculty Advisory Board
Jack Gault (Marketing)
Maureen Knabb (Biology)
Gustave Mbuy (Biology)
Michael Moran (Chemistry)
Oné Pagán (Biology)
James Pruitt (Chemistry)
Joel Ressner (Chemistry)
Randall Rieger (Mathematics)
Judith Scheffler (English)
Joan Woolfrey (Philosophy)
Stephen J. Zimniski (Pharmaceutical Product Development)
Pharmaceutical product development offers, on a limited basis, graduate courses in this area to graduate students from other programs of study.
Course Descriptions [top]
Pharmaceutical Product Development
Symbol: PPD
581 Drug Design I (3) This introductory course provides an overview of the pharmaceutical industry and the drug development process, including lectures on each phase and the organization of a typical pharmaceutical company. In addition to weekly reading assignments, students will be expected to analyze specific case studies each week.
582 Drug Design II (3) This course provides an overview of the pharmaceutical industry and the drug development process, including lectures of each phase and the role of regulatory and government affairs. In addition to weekly reading assignments, students will be expected to analyze specific case studies each week.
583 Drug Design III (3) This course provides an overview of the pharmaceutical industry and the drug discovery process, including lectures on the use of computers in drug design and the newest targets for development, as well as lectures on proteomics, HTS, and translational medicine.
590 Special Topics in Drug Development (1) This special topics course is designed to offer in-depth seminars about novel and exciting areas of research in the field of pharmaceutical product development and drug discovery. Topics will change each semester. Invited speakers from the pharmaceutical industry will be presenting the most up-to-date information about their areas of expertise. PREREQ: PPD 581.
The course may be repeated only with the instructor's consent.
