Aims of ModuleTo provide students with fundamental knowledge in pharmaceutical sciences, in particular, the druggable candidate’s mechanism and properties during the drug discovery and development processes, including the effectiveness, safety and adverse nature of the approved drugs.Learning OutcomeA. Understand the importance of pharmaceutical sciences in the health care industryB. Understand how drugs are discovered, developed and approvedC. Be familiar with drug’s dosage forms and pharmaceutical practice.SyllabusTopics will include:1. General Principles of Pharmaceutical sciences: Scope and Evolution2. Drug Research and Development to Approval Process3. Introductory Medicinal Chemistry4. Manufacture and QC of Pharmaceuticals5. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics6. Pharmacy Practice and Health Care.