Final Exam Flashcards
Choosing diseases
-government incentives target orphan diseases
-target diseases that have a large market (make profit; cancer, heart disease)–rare diseases won’t make money
-pharma is made of companies and the first order of buisness is money
drug target (most common)
enzymes
receptors
Drug target
enzymes
receptor
other proteins
dna
rna
selectivity
target determines side effects
BEST=bacterial
-easier to target non-human proteins & mutated cancer proteins (make sure normal protein is unaffected)
Assay development
-test drugs to see if they work
in vitro
in vivo
ex vivo
in vitro
-test tube
-cell culture (not an entire organism)
FAST & INEXPENSIVE
-clean system (test just what is in tube)
Disadvantage: test tube not a cell or animal
–1st round of testing
in vivo
living animals (mice, rats, rabbits)
Disadvantage: expensive, animals may suffer, regulations, complex systems
ex vivo
tissues out of living animals
lead compound
natural products
chemical banks
rational drug design
natural products
plants
algae
bacteria
fungi
chemical banks
thousands/ millions
-pharma companies
rational drug design
use logic to cut down brute work
-utilize side effect
-alter natural ligand (antihistamine)
Molecular Docking
-fast, cheap (free)
-crystal structures of proteins known
-program calculates chemical attraction
disadvantage: skips ALOT of details like
conformations-proteins changing shape
cell membrane-cant cross, can never go inside cell and hep protein
Structural Activity Relationships (SAR)
-optimize lead compound
-makes drug better
-eliminates unneeded functionalization
pharmokinetics
absorption
distribution
metabolism
excretion
what body does to drug
(dosage, circulation, and site of action)
Hepatitis C virus
old treatment cheap, less effective and toxic
–new treatment is effective, safe but very expensive
cancer treatments
increases life by days, costs hundreds to thousands
pharma companies
motivated by money
-may not have patients best interest at heart
pharmacology
study of how chemical substances interact and modulate living systems
pharmacodynamics
what it does to biologic system of body (ex: relieve pain, etc.)
pharmacological effect
—mechanism
—potency
—efficacy
—toxicity
pharmacogenetics
how genetic makeup impacts interaction of drug
-each person’s unique reaction
toxicology
adverse effects of drug and molecules
drug
any substance that interacts and modulates a living system
agonist
drug ACTIVATES biologic response
antagonist
drug INHIBITS biologic response (NO response)
-by binding to receptor it will prevent binding of agonist
drug action targets
receptors
enzymes
pharmacotherapeutics
clinical response
-efficacy and toxicology
chemical name
chemical structure
ex: n-acetyl-p-aminophenol
non-proprietary name
chemical or pharmacological class
-generic name
ex: acetaminophen
proprietary name
trade name
-marketing name (catchy)
–made once determined medicine is profitable
ex: tylenol, tempra (can have several)
drug classification
chemical properties
mechanism of action
disease/ condition
abuse potential
–otc drugs
–prescription drugs
–orphan drugs
chemical properties
benzodiazepines
sulfonamides
mechanism of action
-ACE inhibitor (angiotensin converting enzyme)
-calcium channel blocker
-carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
disease/condition
analgesics
antidepressants
antihypertensives
Drug classification
Schedule I-V
schedule I
HIGH
-heroin, LSD, marijuana
-no currently accepted medical use
-CANNOT BE PRESCRIBED
schedule II
HIGH
-morphine, amphetamines, high dose, codeine
-no refills, requires written prescription (IN PERSON)
schedule III
MODERATE
-ketamine, low dose codeine
-5 refills max within 6 months
schedule IV
LOW
-benzodiazepines
-5 refills max, within 6 months
schedule V
LOWEST
diphenoxylate
translational research
moving knowledge and discovery gained from basic sciences to application in clinical and community settings
-encompasses a bidirectional continuum (move around and follow trajectory)
t0-t4
translational research continuum
public health
basic research
pre-clinical research
clinical research
clinic implementation
ALL CENTERED AROUND PATIENT INVOLVEMENT
t0
define mechanisms underlying health or disease (identify opportunities and approaches to a health problem)
–yields knowledge about defining mechanisms targets or lead molecules
BASIC RESEARCH QUESTION
t1
test basic research findings for clinical effect (discovery of candidate health application)
–yields knowledge about new methods of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
PHASE I AND II CLINICAL TRIALS, OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES
t2
test new inventions under controlled environments (health application to evidence based practice guidelines)
–yields knowledge about efficacy of interventions in optimal settings
PHASE III CLINICAL TRIALS–OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES–EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS AND GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT
t3
explore ways of applying guidelines in general practice (practice guidelines to health practices)
–yields knowledge about how interventions work in REAL WORLD settings
t4
study influences on the health of populations (practice to population health impact)
–research ultimately results in improved global health
multidisciplinary
diverse backgrounds
-additive, complementary, independent, sequential
interdisciplinary
different expertise working together to integrate knowledge
-interactive, combine, integrate
transdisciplinary
holistic
-new methodologic or conceptual frameworks
unmet health need
FDA: condition whose treatment or diagnosis is not addressed adequately by available therapy
-does not need to have a treatment for a disease
-immediate need for defined population and long-term need for society
-may arise due to budget constraints, low socioeconomic status (underserved individuals)
determining treatment unment health need
priority
-treating patients not on any other treatments
-treating patients who will get the largest health gain
t0 objectives
identify functional significance of genomic polymorphisms
try preclinical methods: animal modes/ human physiological studies, human blood or cell lines, computational models
therapeutic modalities
intervention used to heal someone
Drugs: small molecules, biologics, devices, diagnostics
Drug (FDA)
substance recognized by official pharmacopoeia/ formulary
-intended for use in diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease
-substance intended to affect the structure or any function of body
-substance intended for use as component of medicine NOT device, component, part or accessory of device
-biological products
small molecules
most drugs are
-weight 900 Da
-organic molecules, natural products, full/semi synthetic
-have oral bioavailability, cross biological membranes
–have well defined chemical structure
Biologics
vaccines, blood & blood components, allergenics, somatic cells, gene therapy, tissues, recombinant and therapeutic proteins
-isolated from variety of natural sources and produce what small molecules cant provide
proteins
antibody, large proteins
biologics delivery method
-viral vectors (gene therapies)
-nanoparticles
top selling
humira- adalimumab
enbrel- etanercept
remicade- imflixamab