Pharmaceutics vs. Medicinal Chemistry

[telly324]

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Hey guys, sorry if this is a stupid question, but I was wondering what the difference between pharmaceutics and medicinal chemistry is. I googled it, but the hits I got online weren't very clear. Which one focuses more on drug interactions in the body and the effects of drugs on the body? Thanks!

 

[sleazye]

Pharmaceutics is about drug delivery (dosage forms) and Med Chem is about drug structure influencing drug function.

 

[mike36]

The study of how drugs work in the body is pharmacology (neither pharmaceutics nor med chem)