Drug discovery & development is risky: only 1 in 7 drugs entering clinical development obtained approval between 2000 and 2015. This module is designed to give students a broad understanding of the fundamental principles of drug discovery & development. The curriculum includes all important aspects of drug discovery & development, including target identification, drug design, safety assessment, clinical trials, and health economy. A highlight of this module is it will introduce some relevant mathematical modelling – (e.g., bioinformatics, computational chemistry and pharmacodynamics) which will prepare the students with necessary quantitative skills. Teaching will be via formal lectures and workshop and the module will be assessed by a multiple-choice question (MCQ) examination (40%) and written exam assessment (60%).