Biochemistry and Medicinal chemistry

Hi! I am reading about different courses and stuff. I don't understand the difference between Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry. Can someone explain the different to me??

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DerDracologe

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Look at the course modules and see what is covered

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artful_lounger

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Biochemistry is a bioscience degree in the UK, not a degree in biological chemistry/chemical biology. There isn't generally a large amount of actual pure chemistry in a biochem degree, it's a course in molecular and cell biology.

Medicinal chemistry on the other hand is a chemistry degree with some additional focus on relevant aspects of medicinal chemistry.

If you want to study chemistry in any substantive way at university then only a chemistry degree (including medicine chemistry) will cover that. Biochemistry will not.

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