Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

• 5 - Health Professions and Recreation
• 54 - Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

51.2004 - Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MSc, PhD)

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of chemistry to the study of biologically and clinically active substances, biological and pharmacological interactions, and the development of associated research methods, techniques, and clinical trial procedures. These programs include courses in organic chemistry, biochemistry, molecular graphics, rational drug design, toxicology, molecular biology, pharmacology, enzyme mechanisms, receptor theory, neurochemistry, drug metabolism, drug synthesis, biological mechanisms of drug action, research tools and techniques, and laboratory safety.

• Example Program Names:

  • Medicinal chemistry
  • Pharmaceutical chemistry

• Exclusion

  • Biochemical engineering(14.9999)
  • Pharmacology(26.1001)
  • Pharmaceutics(51.2003)
  • Pharmaceutical engineering(51.2099)