WHAT WILL YOU ACTUALLY STUDY?
A career in pharmaceutical sciences can take you in a number of exciting directions. During the course, you’ ll have the opportunity to align your interests with particular aspects of the drug discovery pipeline.
Drug discovery biology Drug discovery biology is about gaining an understanding of what causes different types of diseases and how current medicines work at a molecular level to treat them. You’ ll get hands-on experience designing experiments to identify and test new biological targets for the development of novel drugs.
Medicinal chemistry Medicinal chemistry represents the intersection of biology and chemistry, and involves integrating your knowledge of how drugs work into the design of new medicines. You’ ll learn contemporary approaches to the design of new bioactive molecules and their development into potential medicines from conception through to their clinical use. By applying the principles and techniques of organic chemistry, medicinal chemists discover and develop compounds that prevent, treat or cure disease.
Formulation science Formulation science is about the principles of designing pharmaceutical products and how medicines are absorbed and travel around the body to the site of action. Drawing on techniques used in the pharmaceutical industry, you’ ll learn how to formulate active pharmaceutical ingredients to achieve their therapeutically relevant absorption and effect duration.
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