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Medicinal Chemistry (or Pharmaceutical Chemistry) is a discipline at the intersection of chemistry (organic and natural product chemistry), pharmacology and various other biological specialties. Research in medicinal chemistry requires an in-depth knowledge of synthetic chemistry along with focus on information about drug-receptor interactions. It allows for collaboration with other scientists in finding new drugs. The students pursuing M.S.(Pharm.) Med. Chem. degree are exposed towards fundamental and practical knowledge of the design and synthesis of pharmaceutically active compounds or drugs. Altogether, well-trained medicinal chemists put on their fundamental and practical knowledge of chemistry to the process of synthesizing new designed molecules or pharmaceuticals. The faculty in the Med. Chem. department are engaged in various levels of research activities with emphasis on identification of novel pharmaceutically active agents for various diseases like cancer, tuberculosis, type-II diabetes, obesity, pulmonary and neurodegenerative diseases.
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Natural Products is a very specialized and widely used discipline that involves the exploration of various natural sources towards the identification of new compounds useful as biomarkers and/or disease therapeutics. It integrates various scientific and technological disciplines like botany and chemistry. It allows for collaboration with other scientists in finding new drugs or therapeutics for various diseases of unmet need. The students pursuing M.S. (Pharm.) Natural Products degree are exposed towards fundamental and practical knowledge of the nature-inspired drug discovery encompassing the natural products isolation, characterization and semisyntheis (natural product chemistry). Altogether, well-trained natural products graduate/scientists put on their fundamental and practical knowledge of natural products isolation, characterization and chemistry to the process of nature-inspired drug discovery. The faculty in the Natural Products department are engaged in various levels of research activities with emphasis on isolation and characterization of novel pharmaceutically active natural products for the potential treatment of various diseases like cancer, tuberculosis, type-II diabetes, obesity, pulmonary and neurodegenerative diseases.
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The NIPER Kolkata offers a two-year full-time M.S. (Pharm.) program in Pharmacology & Toxicology from 2018 onwards. The Department is equipped with advanced instruments for preclinical research on various disease areas but not limited to Diabetes mellitus, Non alcoholic Steatohepatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, neurological disorders. Department is also working on proving scientific evidence for our traditional medicine systems such as Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Siddha etc. in collaboration with several Institutes under the Ministry of AYUSH and West Bengal State Government. Department has established Caenorhabditis elegans facility for basic studies on disease pathology and toxicity studies.
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The NIPER Kolkata offers a two-year full-time M.S. (Pharm.) program in Pharmacoinformatics from 2007 onwards. The Department of Pharmacoinformatics is highly collaborative with medicinal chemist, synthetic chemist, biologist, etc. We based on computational tools model and analyze the structures, functions of macromolecular targets (DNA, enzymes, receptors) as well as analyze molecular interactions of medicinally important molecules with these targets.
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The Department of Pharmaceutics is started from the academic year 2020-2021 with an objective of imparting quality education in the area of pharmaceutical product development and to produce the future entrepreneurs and it has qualified faculty. The department will engage in research in Nanoparticulate drug delivery systems, and polymeric amorphous dispersions. This apart the department also explores several areas of interdisciplinary investigations related to development of reliable of 3D in vitro models for drug development using 3D bioprinting, novel strategies for manufacturing and process control of pharmaceuticals and development of medical devices. The department is currently working on establishment of “Centre of Excellence for Product Development” with the following objectives
- Development of conventional dosage forms including parenteral, biologics for domestic market and later for regulated international markets.
- Cater the analytical needs of small scale pharmaceutical industries through its well-developed analytical service facility.
- Light activated dual drug delivery systems.
- Novel formulations for delivering of drugs to back of the eye .
- Microneedles for delivery of biomolecules .
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