Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings

• 10 - Health and related fields
• 51. - Health professions and related programs
• 51.20 - Pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences and administration

51.2004 - Medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry (MS, 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.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • biological and pharmaceutical chemistry
  • medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry
  • medicinal chemistry
  • pharmaceutical chemistry

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• Exclusion(s)

  • biochemical engineering(14.4301)
  • pharmaceutical engineering(14.0799)
  • pharmaceutical sciences(51.2010)
  • pharmaceutics and drug design(51.2003)
  • pharmacology(26.1001)