Pharmaceutics is the discipline of pharmacy that deals with the process of turning a new chemical entity (NCE) or an existing drug into a medication to be used safely and effectively by patients.
Pharmaceutics helps relate the formulation of drugs to their delivery and disposition in the body.
[2] Pharmaceutics deals with the formulation of a pure drug substance into a dosage form.
There are many chemicals with pharmacological properties, but need special measures to help them achieve therapeutically relevant amounts at their sites of action.
Typically, Pharm-D graduates can choose to continue studies in this field towards a PhD degree.