Pharmacy is the science that deals with the development, production, testing and effects of medicines. It combines aspects from the natural sciences of chemistry, biology and physics as well as medicine. From the synthesis and isolation of the active ingredient and its characterization to the subsequent production of a drug formulation, the proof of efficacy and the clinical trial up to the approval as finished medicinal product all relevant steps are treated. For the pharmacy degree program, about 40 students per year are admitted to the University of Hamburg.