Definition: Chemistry dealing with the composition and preparation of agents having PHARMACOLOGIC ACTIONS or diagnostic use.
use for the specialty and as an NIM coordinate; Manual 29.7; do not confuse the entry term DRUG FORMULATION with DRUG COMPOUNDING; DF: CHEM PHARM
See AlsoBiopharmaceutics; Drug Compounding ExamplesDrug Discovery
Other names Medicinal Chemistry; Drug Formulation; Formulations, Drug; Formulation, Drug; Drug Formulations; Chemistry, Medicinal; Pharmaceutical Chemistry; Pharmaceutic Chemistry; Chemistry, Pharmaceutic
