Disciplines

The field of Pharmacy can generally be divided into three main disciplines:

Pharmaceutics
Pharmaceutical chemistry (often Medicinal chemistry)
Pharmacy practice
The boundaries between these disciplines and indeed with other sciences, such as biochemistry, are not always clear-cut; and often collaborative teams from various disciplines research together.

Pharmacology is sometimes considered a fourth discipline of pharmacy. Although pharmacology is essential to the study of pharmacy, it is not specific to pharmacy. Therefore it is usually considered to be a field of the broader sciences.