# PHMSCI 763: The Drug Development Process From Fih to Bla/nda | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### repository

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### schema version

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### importer version

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### built at

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### departments

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| PEDIAT    | 26    |
| PHARMACY  | 31    |
| PHILOS    | 77    |
| PHMCOL-M  | 11    |
| PHMPRAC   | 45    |
| PHMSCI    | 60    |
| PHYASST   | 37    |
| PHYSICS   | 88    |
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| PHYTHER   | 37    |
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| RHABMED   | 9     |
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| SOCWORK   | 87    |
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| STAT      | 94    |
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| STS       | 8     |
| SURGERY   | 25    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## course

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### semester

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### course number

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### subjects

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### title

THE DRUG DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FROM FIH TO BLA/NDA

### description

Overview of the drug development process from first-in-human (FIH) to submission of a new drug application (NDA) or biologics license application (BLA). Phases of clinical development and the role of biomarkers, companion diagnostics, statistical analysis, and CMC in clinical trials. Both small molecule and protein therapeutics will be addressed.

### requirements text

Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences: Applied Drug Development or Capstone Certificate in Applied Drug Development

### credit offering ids

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### llm task version

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### llm search status

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### llm summary

PHMSCI 763 covers the drug development process from first-in-human trials to NDA/BLA submission, addressing clinical phases, biomarkers, and therapeutics.

### llm topics

* Phases of clinical development
* Biomarkers, companion diagnostics, statistical analysis, and CMC
* Small molecule and protein therapeutics

### llm skills

* Understanding the end-to-end drug development lifecycle from initial human trials to regulatory submission
* Analyzing the roles of biomarkers, diagnostics, statistics, and CMC within clinical trial phases

### llm assumed background

None recorded.

### llm search phrases

* drug development process
* clinical trials phases
* biomarkers diagnostics
* CMC clinical trials
* small molecule protein therapeutics
* NDA BLA submission

### llm requirements status

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### llm student summary status

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### llm experience status

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### catalog variants

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#### errors

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#### offered

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#### profile hash

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#### quick take

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.89 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.75 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

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#### graded

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### grade conflicts

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#### history

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#### results

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## context

### all

#### term



#### gpa

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#### count

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#### university

##### size

3039

##### gpa Percentile

60

##### count Percentile

45

##### median Count

89

##### histogram

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| ------- | ----- | ------- |
| 0.0–0.4 | 0     | false   |
| 0.4–0.8 | 0     | false   |
| 0.8–1.2 | 0     | false   |
| 1.2–1.6 | 0     | false   |
| 1.6–2.0 | 0     | false   |
| 2.0–2.4 | 0     | false   |
| 2.4–2.8 | 15    | false   |
| 2.8–3.2 | 172   | false   |
| 3.2–3.6 | 802   | false   |
| 3.6–4.0 | 2050  | true    |

#### departments

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##### term

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##### gpa

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##### count

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##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| PHMSCI  |            |

#### 1252

##### term

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##### gpa

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##### count

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##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| PHMSCI  |            |

#### 1254

##### term

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##### gpa

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##### count

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##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| PHMSCI  |            |

#### 1264

##### term

1264

##### gpa

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##### count

27

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| PHMSCI  |            |

### benchmarks

#### all

##### school

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

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##### PHMSCI

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

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#### terms

##### 1244

###### school

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

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##### 1252

###### school

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

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###### PHMSCI

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

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##### 1254

###### school

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

66

##### 1264

###### school

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

66

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## following

| code       | title                            |
| ---------- | -------------------------------- |
| PHMSCI 764 | CASE STUDIES IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT |
