Lecture held on reverse pharmacology

Hyderabad: GITAM School of Pharmacy and School of Sciences jointly organised a guest lecture in the institute premises on 26th July 2019. The guest speaker was Dr. R.K. Goel, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab. The topic of lecture was "Reverse Pharmacology".

In the lecture, Dr. R.K. Goel, elaborated the emerging concept of reverse pharmacology and its importance in the current clinical research studies. He explained the concept of integrating documented experimental hits, into leads by trans-disciplinary exploratory studies and further developing these into drug candidates by experimental and clinical research. Clinical trials are carried out first on the basis of the evidence that the medicine has been used earlier. Then the drug is characterized, targets identified, drug formulated and drug comes in market. The students asked various queries related to the topic to the guest speaker. Earlier, Dr. G. Shiv Kumar, Principal, School of Pharmacy, in his welcome address, introduced the guest speaker. Dr. P.V. Nagendra Kumar, Assistant Professor, School of Sciences and NSS coordinator of the university proposed the vote of thanks.