Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Pharmaceutical or Medicinal Chemistry is a scientific branch of

learning which merges between chemistry and pharmacology.
Pharmaceutical chemistry laboratory techniques include synthesizing,
designing, and developing pharmaceutical drugs. In order to become a
pharmaceutical chemist, the least amount of education required is a
Bachelors degree. One can also continue their education after obtaining a
bachelors degree with a Philosophical Doctorate (Ph.d) in Medicine.

A couple crucial obligations are to produce drug discoveries, which

involve the identification of new active compounds or "hits", which are
predictably found by inspecting many compounds. The hits can come from
biological sources, such as plants, animals or fungi. They usually come
from historical creatures.

These are some of the major the high school course requirements:
Computer literacy, Math and Science. Computer literacy because working
with high tech machinery is an important part of the occupation. Math and
science are the main part of Pharmaceutical Chemistry for all the formulas,
labs, and testing. Thus, education from high school and university is
absolutely essential to having a career as a Pharmaceutical chemist.

Obtaining education from a four year university is necessary to a

career in Pharmaceutical Chemistry. These three great schools excel in the
field for Pharmaceutical Chemistry: University of San Francisco ( UCSF),
University of Illinois- Chicago, and University of Washington- Seattle.

The average salary for a person who has a bachelor’s degree is

$60,000 a year. If you have a Ph.d and are an experienced worker then you
would earn about $175,000 a year on average.

In conclusion, Pharmaceutical Chemistry is fun and demanding

career that almost everyone would love. I am still interested in this report
and I would still want to be in this field when I GET A LIFE!