{"id":14222,"date":"2025-09-29T05:15:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T05:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/?page_id=14222"},"modified":"2026-05-21T10:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:55:15","slug":"postgraduate-diploma-in-drug-discovery-and-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/college-of-pharmacy\/postgraduate-diploma-in-drug-discovery-and-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Postgraduate Diploma In Drug Discovery And Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14222\" class=\"elementor elementor-14222\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1b090a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1b090a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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