BPS 319ADME-PK Fundamentals

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(3 crs.) Fundamental principles of drug Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion, and Pharmacokinetics (ADME-PK) including concepts, processes, mechanisms and calculations which control the concentration of therapeutically active drug in the plasma and at the site of action. Application of kinetics to dissolution, absorption, and other biopharmaceutical processes. Mechanisms of individual variation (pharmacogenetics, inhibitors, inducers, metabolism, transport). (Lec. 3) Pre: First-year standing in the Pharm.D. program. Students of other majors with permission of the instructor.