PHRD-600: History of Pharmacy and Drug Discovery

The History of Pharmacy and Drug Discovery is an elective course designed to provide the student with a general understanding of the development of the profession of pharmacy and its interrelation- ship with the discovery of critical therapeutic agents. This course will consider the contributions of the ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Chinese, Greek and Roman cultures to the development of Pharmacy. The student will also be exposed to events that lead to the rise of professional pharmacy in Europe during the Renaissance period. The course will focus on the development and rise of professional pharmacy within the United States from the 15th century to modern times. An important aspect of this course will be discussions concerning the development of critical therapeutic agents that revolutionized the treatment of disease and how these discoveries affected the pharmacy profession. Aspects of the scientific process and how it has contributed to these discoveries will also be discussed. [ 2 credits ]