To introduce the pharmacy students to the basis of  general pharmacology. The student will learn about various body systems and drugs used to affect them in health and disease.  Moreover the course will cover the drugs used to treat microbial infections.     

Objectives: To enable understanding mechanisms of drug action at molecular level, and the role of medicinal chemistry in the discovery and development of synthetic therapeutic agents. It also enables students to understand the concept of structure-activity relationship and its application in design and synthesis of new compounds or derivatives.