Clinical Trials Toxicology

Course aim

To provide an in-depth knowledge of the toxicities associated with drug development, including processes of discovery, design, development, preclinical testing and clinical trials of novel drugs.

Course content

Overview the need, procedures and processes involved in drug design and development for clinical trials; provide specific examples of where toxicology issues can arise; developing compounds to act on a target and identifying potential off-target interactions of compounds and the specific toxic effects that may arise; regulated manufacturing of compounds; pre-clinical studies (including high-throughput screening and animal models) focussing on safety; research ethics (animal and human) and the importance of monitoring and reporting; moving from pre-clinical to clinical trials and safety approvals required; importance of capturing toxicity data from clinical trials.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BIOL 2035	Physiology

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Online	- x 13 weeks
Workshop	2 hours x 13 weeks
Practical	3 hours x 6 weeks
Seminar	4 hours x 2 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY EAST (INTENSIVE)
Online	- x 13 weeks
Workshop	2 hours x 13 weeks
Practical	3 hours x 6 weeks
Seminar	4 hours x 2 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Presentation, Report, Test/Quiz

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.