Pharmacologists deal with active substances such as food products, medicines and drugs, toxic substances, performing their synthesis, isolation, extraction, purification, production, distribution and control and assesment of the pharmacodynamic properties and beneficial or toxic effects.
Professionals in pharmacology may work in pharmacies, chemists, clinical and toxicology laboratories, research centres. As far as industrial pharmacology jobs are concerned, these include industries such as chemical, food, natural products, etc.