Abstract
Pharmaceutical sciences and pharmaceutical materials are a discipline that studies drug dosage forms, formulation technology, and drug release patterns and mechanisms. This article briefly discusses the fundamental research and application of pharmaceutical sciences/pharmaceutical materials, summarizes the hot research topics of pharmaceutical sciences/pharmaceutical materials in China over the past 20 years, and analyzes the international status, achievements, and strengths and weaknesses of research in pharmaceutical sciences/pharmaceutical materials in China. Suggestions were made for frontier research directions that should be prioritized in the field of pharmaceutical sciences and pharmaceutical materials in the next decade in China, and potential breakthrough that may be achieved was discussed, which may provide the basis and references for future work in the relevant areas.