Advanced Pharmacology

Base Knowledge

Basic pharmacology.

Teaching Methodologies

– Master classes and lessons with the resolution of cases or problems. From the review of pharmacological knowledge in a field will progress in understanding the pharmacological advances, seeking to distinguish between true innovations and pharmacological therapies.

Learning Results

With the emergent knowledge of Pharmacology in the level of pharmacokinetics or pharmacodynamics progress, students should acquire new knowledge and skills in order to develop the capacity of pharmacological reasoning.

Program

Biological targets for pharmacological intervention. R&D. innovations.

Legislation, guidelines and ethics applicable to R&D. regulatory systems; AIMs, RCM; FI.

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacological advances in this area. Nanoparticles; pharmaceutical formulations.

Devices. Prodrugs. New systems for drug administration.

Pharmacodynamics.

Pharmaco-therapeutic groups. Review and pharmacological advances.. 

Curricular Unit Teachers

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

– The pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics  (Goodman & Gilman´s, 13th Edition, 2007) 

– Drug therapy and their pharmacological basis  (6th edition, 2014)

– Nature Reviews / Drug Discovery

– Lectures provided to students