Prereq: Chem II and Molecular Biology. This course will examine how drugs developed at the laboratory bench become a focus of clinical trials and subsequently make it to the market. Topics will include review of molecular and pathophysiological aspects of several diseases and explore the basis for drug design, pre-clinical and clinical testing. Additional topics will include current technologies, clinical evaluation, regulatory approval of biological drugs, and frontiers in translational research. Lectures will be combined with discussions and paper presentations on relevant topics.