FDCZV_FAF Molecular Bases of Drug Development

Faculty of Pharmacy
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PharmDr. Oldřich Farsa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PharmDr. Oldřich Farsa, Ph.D.
Faculty of Pharmacy
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FaF)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
A specific drug molecule is in the spotlight of this discipline. The advanced course proceeds the general Medicinal Chemistry and develops it towards research and development of medicines on molecular level. The discipline sums up different approaches and protocols either typical only for Medicinal Chemistry (priviledged structures´ concept, drug likeness, pharmacogenomics, fragment method, molecular docking etc.) or adapted from other more general disciplines (QSAR including physico-chemical descriptors used there, combinatorial chemistry). The discipline touches also methods of the acitity assessment of biologicaly active compounds in vitro, some pharmacokinetic systems (efflux pumps) and specifity of development of veterinary drugs. The development in some model therapeutic groups is here described in more detail (strong analgesics as an example of small moleculs, haematopoietic factors as an example of biologic therapeutics).
Learning outcomes
Knowledge of the scope of drug reserch and development from the poin of view "through the molecule structure" in an previously agreed extent.
Syllabus

  • Topics
    1. Introduction into the discipline, its concept and organisation. Combinatorial chemistry as a tool of drug design.
    2. Physico-chemical properties of compounds and their importance for the activity in the organism.
    3. Quantitative structure-activity relationships
    4. Optimisation of physico-chemical properties based on analogy.
    5. Design of strong analgesics.
    6. Development of biologic therapeutics.
    7. Theory of priviledged structures. Chemogenomics.
    8. Fragment method in drug design.
    9. Design of drugs with respect to their metabolism I. Toxic metabolites.
    10. Design of drugs with respect to their metabolism II. Prodrugs and their design. (
    11. Development of specific veterinary medicines.
    12. Membrane transporters and their importance for drug design.
    13. Efflux pumps and their importance in drug design and development. (
    14. Interaction of a target structure and a drug on molecular level.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Avdeef, A. Absorption and Drug Development. info
  • Fischer, J., Ganellin, C.R. Analogue-based Drug Discovery. ISBN 978-3-572-31257-3. info
  • You, G.F., Morris, M.E. Drug Transporters. ISBN 978-0-471-78491-3. info
  • Pliška, V., Testa, B., van de Waterbeemd, H. Lipophilicity in Drug Action and Toxicology. ISBN 3-527-29383-3. info
  • Hilficker, R. Polymorphism. ISBN 978-3-527-31146-0. info
  • Kerns, E.H., Di, L. Drug-like Properties: Concepts, Structure Design and Methods: from ADME to Toxicity Optimization. 2008. ISBN 978-0-1236-9520-8. info
  • Kubinyi, H. QSAR: Hansch Analysis and Related Approaches. 2008. ISBN 9783527616824. URL info
  • Wermuth, C.G. The Practice of Medicinal Chemistry, 3rd. Edition. 2008. ISBN 978-0-12-374194-3. info
  • Beneš, L., Farsa, O. Farmaceutická chemie. (Farmakochemie). Úvod do studia chemických léčiv. VFU Brno, 2005. ISBN 80-7305-516-3. info
  • Kubinyi H., Müller G. Chemogenomics in Drug Discovery: A Medicinal Chemistry Perspective. 2004. ISBN 9783527603947. info
  • Hartl, J., Palát, K. Farmaceutická chemie I. Karolinum, Praha, 1998. ISBN 80-7184-619-8. info
  • Kuchař M., Rejholec V. Využití kvantitativních vztahů mezi strukturou a biologickou aktivitou. Academia,. Praha, 1987. info
Teaching methods
Self-study of recommened suitable resources.
Assessment methods
A marque
Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
Teacher's information
Knowlegde in the range agreed among the examiner, the student anf his/her tutor regarding the topic of Ph.D. thesis.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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