PHA 6432 Fundamentals of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
This is a core required course that serves as an overview on the basics of physicochemical properties of drugs, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and drug development stages.
- Concepts learned are central to drug-target interactions to determine feasibility of substance to move forward in pre-clinical drug development, optimization of structure to pharmacophore for improvement of pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties.
- This is a foundation course that aims to provide an introduction to the principles of Medicinal chemistry, including an understanding of drug structure-activity relationships, prediction of the physico-chemical properties of a drug, basic knowledge of the major pathways of drug metabolism, and factors that can contribute to drug-drug interactions.
- Fundamentals of Pharmaceutical Chemistry provides students with a foundation in drug development processes and introduces the concepts that will be utilized in future classes.
Meet your instructor
Program Director
Oliver Grundmann, Ph.D.
Dr. Grundmann is a Clinical Associate Professor with the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy and the Department of Adult and Elderly Nursing, College of Nursing at the University of Florida.