Medical Biotechnology & Drug Development

Fall & Spring | 3 credits | Core course | Study Tour: Edinburgh (Fall) | London (Spring)
Majors: Biology, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Health Science, and Pre-Medicine

This course examines biomedicine, drug discovery and development, and biotechnological tools while exploring the opportunities and challenges biotechnology has for medicine: personalized medicine, immune response reactions, stem cells, etc. It further compares and juxtaposes the Danish and European pharmaceutical and biotech research community through case studies.

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Prerequisites

At least one year of biology and one year of chemistry at the university level.

Field Studies

Pharmaceutical and biotech companies
Visit pharmaceutical and biotech companies in the 'Medicon Valley' region. Past companies have included Santaris Pharma, Leo Pharma, and Novo Nordisk.

Instructors

DIS Student Bloggers

Wonder what it is like to study Biomedicine in Copenhagen?

Click here to read Yana Kim's blog!

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My favorite part about Medical Biotechnology and Drug Development were the field studies, which went to Santaris and Novo Nordisk, and both short and long study tours. They gave me a chance to meet experts in the fields of pharmaceutical research and academic research. I was able to talk to these individuals and gather a true picture of what their research careers entailed - both the perks and downsides.

Barrett Zimmerman Mount Holyoke
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