{"id":9716,"date":"2025-03-28T06:52:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T06:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/?page_id=9716"},"modified":"2026-08-20T07:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:35:04","slug":"master-of-science-in-drug-discovery-and-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/college-of-pharmacy\/master-of-science-in-drug-discovery-and-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Science in Drug Discovery and Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9716\" class=\"elementor elementor-9716\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dcb717f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dcb717f\" 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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