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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsSection A: Introduction and Overview 1. Backgrounder—Part 1 2. Backgrounder—Part 2 Section B: Preprofessional Education 3. Introduction: Preprofessional education 4. Two-year certification and degree programs 5. Four-year undergraduate degree programs 6. The big decision Section C: Graduate and Professional Education 7. Graduate and postgraduate education at a crossroads 8. Master’s degree programs 9. Doctoral and professional programs 10. The big leap Section D: Research and Discovery 11. Drug discovery: Standing on the shoulders of giants 12. Drug discovery processes: When and where the rubber meets the road 13. Drug discovery: Chaos can be your friend or your enemy 14. Research and discovery: Essential partners but just a start Section E: Chemical, Biological, and Healthcare Product Development, Quality Requirements, and Regulatory Affairs 15. Turning a potent agent—a chemical "drug"—into a registered product 16. Chemical development: Synthetic studies and engineering including aspects of batch production and continuous processing 17. Chemical development: Analytical studies 18. FDA path and process: Sponsor’s regulatory tasks for drug approval 19. Development of biological and other healthcare products Section F: Pharmaceutical Research and Development: Concluding Remarks 20. Epilogue
