Drug Development: From Bench to Bedside

This lecture will provide a holistic understanding of how various scientific disciplines are applied to develop a new drug which addresses the unmet needs of patients, physicians, regulators and payers.
Emphasis on interdependencies between disciplines and development phases, with real life industry examples. Includes a small case study.

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Dauer Spring semester 2025
- Project planning - start with the end in mind
- Define unmet needs of key customer segments
- Disease Biology, Mechanism of Action and its translation into patient benefits
- Drug design, formulation, manufacturing and upscaling
- Toxicology
- Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics
- Translational Medicine
- Clinical development
- Connecting the dots between all of above
- Regulatory strategy
- Patents / IP
- Market access & pricing
- How to project potential patient (and commercial) value of projects
- Obtaining funding from VCs
- Understand the key steps of drug development and their interdependencies
- Be aware of VC funding options; extrapolate the commercial attractiveness of a startup idea based on Mechanism of Action and competitive environment
- Facilitate transition into the Biotech & Pharma industry
Please sign up via the ETH Course catalogue.

Interested UZH student please first contact the Graduate School for information on how to proceed according to the Fachstudent status.

For the complete course description, see ETH lecture catalogue.

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