Birth of a drug

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The processes that a pharmaceutical company goes through in the production of a drug.

Metadata describing this Open University video programme

Module code and title:	S344, Organic chemistry: a synthesis approach
Item code:	S344; 01
First transmission date:	19-02-1989
Published:	1989
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Duration:	00:24:10
Note:	Loan copy available on compilation video S344/1,2,3,4,5,6.
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Producer:	Nick Watson
Contributors:	Simon Campbell; David Roberts
Publisher:	BBC Open University
Keyword(s):	Alpha blockers; Antihypertensive agent; High blood pressure; Hypertension; Manufacture; Parmaceutical research; Pfizer; Weightlifting; Working out
Subject terms:	Drugs--Research; Pharmaceutical industry
Footage description:	Footage - Drug manufacture (0'30"-1'25") - Synthesis of doxazosin (1'26"-3'58") - Wooden blocks falling onto table (4'00"-4'32") - Man lifting weights (6'07"-6'38") - Graphic of noradrenaline release (6'39"-7'15") - Train pulling in to Waterloo Station (7'36"-8'10") - Graphic of chemical formula of prazosin (8'14"-8'25") - Graphic of prazosin binding to alpha receptor. Molecular structure of prazosin (8'43"-9'28") - Graphic of prazosin and other compounds (10'18"-10'46") - Evaluation of activity of antagonists using guinea pig small intestine (11'23"-13'25") - Graphic of alpha receptors (13'59"-15'10") - Graphic of alpha blockers structures (15'42"-15'58") - Noradrenaline molecule. Computer graphic of noradrenaline and prazosin (16'37"-17'43") - Plastic molecular model of prazosin (18'06"-19'48") - Computer graphic of carbonyl group (19'49"-20'21") - Graphic of compounds tested for alpha-receptor affinity. Molecular formula of prazosin and doxazosin (20'37"-22'48"). Molecular structure of doxazosin (23'13"-23'30").
Master spool number:	DOU6353
Production number:	FOUS531A
Videofinder number:	2770
Available to public:	no