6 Best Pharmaceuticals Courses on edX
We compared 6 Pharmaceuticals courses currently listed on edX, priced from $49.00 to $299.00. 4 come from a named university or institution, including University of Toronto, Doane University and Harvard University. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 6
- Price range
- $49.00 – $299.00
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 6 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "pharmaceuticals" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $299.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Contaminants émergents : pharmaceutiques et pesticides
Offered by Université de Montréal
Nous vous proposons un cours unique portant sur les enjeux reliés à la qualité de l’eau et de l’environnement. Grâce à notre équipe de professeurs et d’experts, vous serez mieux outillés pour comprendre et analyser ces p...
$120.00listed price -
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Foundations of Originator and Biosimilar Biologics: for Patients and Caregivers
Offered by University of Toronto
Developed by leading researchers and clinicians from across Canada, this course will enhance knowledge and skills for patients who are using, or beginning to use, an originator or biosimilar biologic medicine.
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Pharmacology
Offered by Doane University
This pharmacology course will explore the mechanism of action of pharmaceutical drugs on a molecular level. This course is eligible for Audit and Verified Certificate only.
$119.00listed price -
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Prescription Drug Regulation, Cost, and Access: Current Controversies in Context
Offered by Harvard University
Understand how the FDA regulates pharmaceuticals and explore debates on prescription drug costs, marketing, and testing.
$299.00listed price -
5
Introduction to Drug Discovery
Offered by École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
This course provides an integrated overview of modern drug discovery, covering drug delivery principles, biophysical and structural methods, and computational approaches such as docking, molecular dynamics, and virtual s...
$135.00listed price -
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Artificial Intelligence in Pharma and Biotech
Offered by MIT Sloan School of Management
Discover the interconnectedness between the science of drug discovery, machine learning, and business decision making.
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Best Pharmaceuticals Courses on edX compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Contaminants émergents : pharmaceutiques et pesticides | edX | Université de Montréal | $120.00 | View → |
| 2 | Foundations of Originator and Biosimilar Biologics: for Patients and C... | edX | University of Toronto | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Introduction to Pharmacology | edX | Doane University | $119.00 | View → |
| 4 | Prescription Drug Regulation, Cost, and Access: Current Controversies... | edX | Harvard University | $299.00 | View → |
| 5 | Introduction to Drug Discovery | edX | École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | $135.00 | View → |
| 6 | Artificial Intelligence in Pharma and Biotech | edX | MIT Sloan School of Management | — | View → |
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 5 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $299.00, with the middle of the range around $120.00 — a spread of $250.00. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from edX. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 4 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Toronto, Doane University and Harvard University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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