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Different medicine capsules
Part of the research and development to create new medicines involves testing large numbers of chemical compounds to look at their biological activity. Decisions have to be made to pick which should be taken on to further development and production. It can be relatively quick and easy to obtain some key experimental results on large numbers of compounds using isolated enzymes or cells. However other tests that involve the use of animals and human patients must only be carried out on a selected small number of compounds.

This module looks at a hypothetical, but realistic, project aimed at a new way of treating bacterial infections.

Students first consider what features are important for an oral treatment. Once they have decided which compound to progress they look at production and marketing timescales.

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Beating Bacteria
Students analyse data and recommend new ways to treat bacterial infections