2025 Volume 9 Article ID: e09009
A six-year pharmaceutical training program, the major purpose of which was to cultivate practical clinical abilities, admitted its inaugural class in 2006. Thereafter, education programs in clinical pharmacies have become well-established. As the array of drug modalities is being expanded, the importance of basic pharmaceutical science is also increasing. Niches for pharmacists’ skills are now wide-ranging, including hospitals, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies, and administrative offices. To date, I have taught a basic pharmaceutical science education and conducted basic pharmaceutical research on nucleic acid chemistry in a six-year pharmaceutical training program. In this review, using recent research results contributable to oligonucleotide therapeutics as examples, I describe the skills necessary to play a central role in basic pharmaceutical research and express my opinion on the preferred education for skill development. These skills are essential not only for basic pharmaceutical sciences but also for various fields, including clinical settings.
