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What Degree Do I Need To Be A Drug Designer

can anyone out there who may want to be or anyone who knows a drug designer please help me i need to know what sort of degree employer are looking for some people have told me maths but i dont understand how a degree in say maths or statistics would get me a job designing drugs if i dont know how to do it. please this is all so confusing could someone please help me.

Reply 1

Forté

I would have thought chemistry. What exactly does a drug designer do?

Pharmocology

They design new drugs or fix/improve old ones as far as ive researched i just need to know what degree ill need in order to pusue this career.

pharmacology

is pharmaceutical sciences the same thing or is it totally different lol or would it do just as well thanks for all these replys everyone keep the info coming

Reply 6

hermaphrodite

pharmacy/pharmacology/pharmaceutical sciences . . .all the same thing. post on the subject forum. i'm sure there is a pharmacy sub forum??

EDIT: yep.there's pharmacy + pharmacology sub forum.

Reply 7

Pseudomuse

Right as a graduate of Pharmaceutical Science I think i'm most qualified to say. Right if you want to be a drug designer the main course you will want to look for is either Pharmaceutical Science or Medicinal Chemistry. You could do pharmacology but that mainly deals with the effects of drugs not the actual synthesis and manufacture of drugs, so in fact if you did Pharmacology you would be at a slight disadvantage, however there is still the possibility that you could become a drug designer. I would highly recommend med chem. or pharm sci. :smile:

Do not do Pharmacy! it has nothing to do with drug design

Reply 8

jojackson

WOW thanks so much thats exactly the sort of answer i was looking for dont suppose u have any regards to how good Bristol UWE is as a uni for pharmacuetical sciences just wondering
thanks again

Reply 9

welcome_to_the_jungle

Phoenix

Do not do Pharmacy! it has nothing to do with drug design

Why are you doing a chemistry degree?

Reply 10

Pseudomuse

welcome_to_the_jungle

Why are you doing a chemistry degree?

Because I wanted to broaden my chemical knowledge and allow me to look for a career thats not exclusively pharmaceutical

why do you ask?

Reply 11

Pseudomuse

jojackson

WOW thanks so much thats exactly the sort of answer i was looking for dont suppose u have any regards to how good Bristol UWE is as a uni for pharmacuetical sciences just wondering
thanks again

I have no idea, I only went to Portsmouth which in fact has an amazing pharmacy and biomedical sciences school

Reply 12

john171

Pure chemistry, not pharmacology, you need to get the basics right first, before you go on to specialise.

Some univerisites do pure chemistry with a minor in medicinal chemistry, I would consider something like that.

Don't dismiss Biochemistry either.

Reply 13

Pseudomuse

john171

agreed

Reply 14

ChemistBoy

Pharmacology, synthetic chemistry or certain types of theoretical chemistry (Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships to be precise).

Reply 15

mistrydude

i would strongly suggest chemistry, as the design of drugs mainly focuses on their structure, pharmacy/ pharmacology/medicine imo wont be as useful. It mite also be useful to consider biochemistry, especially as if you find it more interesting, as nowadays as most small molecule drugs (aspirin etc) have already been discovered and developed, theres more r&d in large protein based drugs (such as herceptin). IMO thats where the future lies too.

(chem is always gd)

hope thats helpful.