Pharmaceutical Sciences is a dynamic and interdisciplinary field that aims to integrate fundamental principles of physical and organic chemistry, engineering, biochemistry, and biology to understand how to optimize delivery of drugs to the body and translate this integrated understanding into new and improved therapies against human disease. The skills that pharmaceutical scientists acquire aren't only relevant in the pharmaceutical and medical sectors. They are just as useful the food, agriculture, chemical, or cosmetics industries. Some of these career paths require a PhD, but not all of them. Many can be pursued with a Bachelor's degree only.The skills that pharmaceutical scientists acquire aren't only relevant in the pharmaceutical and medical sectors. They are just as useful the food, agriculture, chemical, or cosmetics industries. Some of these career paths require a PhD, but not all of them. Many can be pursued with a Bachelor's degree only.
Drug Discovery and Design deals with the design and synthesis of new drug molecules. This category includes specialized fields of study such as medicinal chemistry, combinatorial chemistry, structural biology, identification of biological targets, and assay development to test drug candidates.