The course was well intended to give an overview of the drug discovery process, possible approaches and challenges.

What I found extremely disappointing is the fact that the lectures are very old and refer to studies and publications more than a decade ago. This is totally unacceptable for a course from such an institution and on a topic that has evolved massively and rapidly.

I hope the lecturers consider to update the course material as I believe they probably did in their actual lectures as the University of San Diego.

Recommended course for everyone who is interested in the process of Drug Discovery and overall working of the Pharmaceutical Industry. It is a little technical, but completely worth it!

The course presents the basic concepts of DD and allows familiarization with the technical terms of the field. I strongly recommend for those who want to understand a little bit of DD.

It is really good and informative course and i have learnt about how drug is discovered how we could enhance its production how drug could reproduce how much drug production is increased.

Content is pre-2016. Very outdated information. Wondering why it hasn't been updated if it's popular. Disappointing.

Good class but relatively dated. Would benefit from new insight into today's Pharma climate.

Very well done and informative. I truly appreciate the Drug process in entirety being broken down into sections that are easy to comprehend. It is obvious the speakers were chosen for their knowledge.

Great course, highly recommended. The course was well organized and the content relevant to my job role. It was delivered with great enthusiasm and the format ensured that it captured its audience.

A very helpful and enlightening course. Clears my basics of Drug Discovery and explains principles and aspects to be kept in mind when researching for a new drug.

The information on this course are from 2013 and 2016 so they are probably outdated. Some of the lectures were very hard to understand and it was due to the material and the professors. I had to reach the half of the second week to get to the point of this course and learn something interesting.

The first and last part of the course were very interesting and i learned a lot. However i did barely understand all the other classes which used a lot of very technical vocabulary and notion. It was very complexe while the course was said to be for beginners level.

This course taught me about the nutshell procedure and process of drug discovery in biotech and pharma companies. I'm really grateful that this course explains very briefly and particularly.

The course is a good initiation into the drug design and preclinical studies and I recommend it. However, videos aren't really up to date, in case you are looking for latest advances in the field.

The lecturers were no doubt very knowledgeable and intellectual. However, it was difficult for me to understand what they were trying to convey due to the compact and busy nature of the presentation slides and also due to the fact that they kept on using several technical terms without explaining them. The background, font used in the presentations and poor resolution further exacerbated the problems.

Very helpful. Just the thing I was looking for - just enough insight into this particular area of the industry that will help having a meaningful dialogue with the researchers, marketers and others in this business.

El curso me ha gustado mucho, los temas en forma de charlas me han parecido muy amenas y los examenes de control en cada bloque se resuelven con facilidad si prestas atención.

La única pega que le veo es que no tiene ni créditos ni horas que lo avalen, por lo que unicamente tiene valor curricular.

Course was great! All lectures were concise, easy to follow, and assessments were fair.

I took this course in 2020. It can be assumed that much of this information is now outdated. I would definitely be interested in taking an updated course. Thanks!

This course provides a rapid overview of the pharmacologic essentials to consider with drug discovery. Although the course information indicates that it is aimed at beginners, I would recommend having at least a basic understanding of general pharmacology already to comprehend the vocabulary and jargon used; nonetheless, the instructors explain everything they tell you thoroughly, but you may need to pause and read the transcript - or do some extra self-study - to really comprehend what is being said if you are completely new to this subject. All in all it is a well-designed course for what its purpose and aims are. If you are interested in a bird view of the pharmacologic nature of drug discovery to complement your previous education and/or future aspirations, then this course is for you.

A bit outdated but still relevant course on drug discovery. Plus, it is the only one available in Coursera at this time of writing (Dec 2022).

This course gives an interesting overview of the processes and main challenges involved in drug discovery. However, the material has not been updated since 2016, and some of the content might not be up to date. Especially: 1) the course mostly focuses on small molecules, but in the recent years more and more FDA-approved drugs (now more than 50%) have been biologics, and 2) after two years of a global pandemic where the pharma industry had and still has an interesting role to play, it would be interesting to see how the industry has or hasn't changed to tackle the new challenges. So the content of the course may require a bit of dusting. In terms of the course presentation, it's correct, but not astounding. The videos are recorded while the speakers teach, in an amphitheatre, with students. It's not an overly stimulating course, but it's alright.