PolyU · MSc Biopharmaceutical Development & Commercialization

Study Notes & Command Center

Three layers, in the order you actually need them: what is due → what you are being examined on → the reading behind both.

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Do these first

Live countdown · next: 9 Nov essay + PPT
P0 · Due 11/9 · 40%

✍️ Essay 92 — S-103a

The Role of IP in Diagnostics and Medical Devices Development. Eight paragraphs, 1,065 words drafted. This is Topic #92 — not the Evergreening question.

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P0 · 11/9 · group 50%

🎤 Group 8 deck — Humira

Four slides now carry the rubric page (3.4: innovation vs anti-competition). The deck is due the same day as the essay — do not wait until 11/20.

Your segment brief →
P0 · 52-day war plan

🎯 Command Center L1–L9

Every lecture on one page, the W1–W8 schedule to 12/17, goals G1′–G5′, and the thematic course map. This is the single entry point.

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P1 · 11/19 Thu · 18:30 FJ303

🎤 ABCT 102 individual presentation

Per the 2026 schedule, week 12 (11/19) and week 13 (11/26) are both presentations. Your slot is 11/19. Confirm whether it is solo or group, how many minutes, and whether there is Q&A.

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P1 · 11/20 · L11

🎤 Group 8 presentation — Humira

Group topic: “Evergreening” patents. The deck has four parts; your segment is 4–5 minutes and sits at the Part 2 → Part 3 turn.

Your segment brief →
DATE

Deadlines & exams

DateItemWeightWhere
11/9 MonABCT 5103 · individual essay (Topic #92)40%Upload · pdf or docx · Calibri 12
11/20 FriABCT 5103 · group presentation50%Lecture 11 · Group 8
12/9 Wed 19:00–21:00ABCT 5101 · Paper 01—FSCH (A1)
12/17 Thu 19:00–21:00ABCT 5102 · Paper 01—SH2 (A2)

Both exams are 19:00–21:00 — straight from work, no meal window. The 16:30 meal and the 4-7-8 breathing are on the Command Center page, not optional.

CLASS

ABCT 102 · 2026 schedule

Thu 18:30–21:20 · FJ303
WkDateTopicStatus
103.09L1 Introduction to Pharmacology (ADME)done
210.09L2 Fundamentals of Pharmacodynamicsdone
317.09L3 Drugs acting on the Autonomic Nervous Systemdone
424.09L4 Drugs acting on the Cardiovascular Systemdone
501.10National Day (no class)—
608.10L5 Drugs acting on the Respiratory Systemdone
715.10L6 Drugs acting on the Central Nervous Systemdone
822.10Quiz (L1–L6)done
929.10L7 Drug Safety and Side Effectsdone
1005.11L8 Chemotherapeutic Agents and Biologicsdone
1112.11L9 Animals in Research and Alternative Medicinenext
1219.11Presentation · your slotupcoming
1326.11Presentation (second week)upcoming

Lecturers: Prof. Kwan Yiu Wa and Prof. Clarence Wong. The quiz on 22 Oct covered L1–L6; both 19 and 26 Nov are presentation weeks — your slot is 19 Nov. Lecture numbering follows this table (L7 = drug safety, L8 = chemo and biologics).

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Courses

lectures · frameworks · practice
ABCT 5101

📘 Modern Approaches in Biopharmaceutical Development

Biologics, proteins & antibodies, nucleic acids & delivery, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics — plus Immunology L1–L3. Assessment: participation 10%, midterm 35%, final 55%.

ABCT 5102

💊 Pharmacology & Toxicology Exam 12/17

Pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics/ADME, then drug classes by organ system, L1–L9. The Command Center carries all nine lectures, the seven-layer framework and the exam plan.

ABCT 5103

⚖️ IP Strategy for Biotech Entrepreneurship Essay 11/9

How a biotech invention becomes a defensible asset: IP fundamentals, patenting, ethics & landmark cases, commercial aspects, litigation, strategic IP management (L1–L6). No final exam — assessment is the essay plus the group presentation.

ABCT T01

🧭 Academic Integrity & Ethics

Multi-lecturer. Academic integrity, moral & ethical issues in science, ethical use of AI in research — the framework course you apply to every other deliverable.

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Tools

Cross-course

⭐ Exam focus

The highest-yield points across all four courses, in one page.

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Cross-course

📖 Glossary

Every technical term, with the English kept intact.

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Cross-course

🧠 Question Bank · 219 Q

English and Chinese, with explanations. The largest page on the site — open it deliberately, not on mobile data.

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ABCT 5102

🧵 Four threads · L1–L6

The connective tissue between the first six lectures, written as chains rather than lists.

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Archive

📁 Past papers

Official quizzes and past paper pointers, now folded into the question bank.

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Language

中文版

Same structure, Chinese prose with English technical terms kept.

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