PSC3212: Product Commercialisation

20% Mid-semester test (based on in-vitro, in-vivo correlations and bioavailability and bioequivalence studies)
40% Fluffy snake timeline assignment
20% Design-a-GMP Plant group assignment
16% fluffy snake related quizzes (careers in pharmaceutical development timeline (avatars) (6%), FDA and EMA guidelines (6%), drug discovery process (4%))
4% GMP Quiz

This unit was delivered in random segments imo. We started by going through the drug development process in week 1 (which is topic 1), and then jumped into topic 3- pharmacokinetics (In-vitro in-vivo correlations, bioavailability and bioequivalence studies). The latter built up on what was taught in PSC2041, and I found it really enjoyable. Topic 1 (drug development) was a pain as it formed the basis of the fluffy snake assignment that literally consumed all my free time this semester- it was truly a lot of work for 40%, and I feel like that it could’ve been worth a lot more imo. Topic 2- GMP was rather dry, but designing the GMP with my friends was pretty fun, so we got over the dryness of that content pretty quickly haha.
This unit also only ran over 8 weeks due to placement being in the middle of the semester!

Note: this subject is still mildly relevant to the new degree, as from 2019 sem 2, it was smooshed into BPS2042 with other content. No more fluffy snake though.

Dr Laurence Orlando (Unit coordinator), Dr Cornelia Landersdorfer

N/A

3.5 out of 5

Yes for Laurence and Connie’s lectures, not for the workshops

Drugs: From Discovery to Approval, which Laurence linked in the moodle site as she wanted us to read it haha

2 x 2h lectures/week (weeks 1-5,6-10), some of these lectures were actually workshops for Connie’s topic though.

2019/2

77D