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What is Pharmaceutical science |
Pharmaceutical Sciences provides skills and experience for use in pharmaceutical, biotechnology
and medical device development, formulation, and manufacturing, and evaluation and the regulatory oversight of the drug and medical device industry. Career opportunities for degree holders will exist within
pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies, research laboratories, governmental regulatory agencies, and other areas where the application of these skills and capabilities is sought. The
curriculum includes biomedical (anatomy, biochemistry, microbiology, pharmacology and physiology) and pharmaceutical sciences (biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics, medicinal chemistry, drug metabolism,
toxicology, pharmaceutics and physical pharmacy). |
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What do Pharmacist do? |
Pharmacy is a health profession in which pharmacists provide care for their patients as one
member of the health care team. This care focuses on the patient from the perspective of drug therapy. The pharmacist is responsible to identify, prevent and resolve patients' drug therapy problems. Specific
activities include: taking medication histories, identifying goals for drug therapy, providing recommendations and education to patients regarding self-medication, providing recommendations to other health
care providers on drug therapy, working with patients to maximize benefits and minimize adverse effects of drug therapy, maintaining patient drug profiles, counselling patients on prescribed medication,
monitoring drug interactions, adverse drug reactions and patients compliance with their drug treatment. Other activities include the provision of information on drugs to patients and other health
professionals, the preparation of suitable materials for use as medicines from natural and synthetic sources, the compounding of drugs and the dispensing of suitable medication.
In other words, pharmacists serve society as professionals who are responsible for the optimal use of drugs. This means that the
pharmacist's primary responsibility is to individual patients. The ultimate goal of pharmaceutical care is to improve an individual patient's quality of life. This is achieved by working with the patient to
determine if any drug-related needs exist which are preventing the patient from attaining their desired quality of life and then meeting those needs. Top |
Pharmaceutical Science in JIS Group of Colleges |
Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology (GNIPST), offers currently AICTE
approved 4 year Bachelor of Pharmacy. The degree is awarded by West Bengal University of Technology |
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Career opportunities |
Pharmacy graduates have a wide range of career opportunities. The majority enter community
pharmacy practice. Hospital pharmacy also provides an interesting challenge for pharmacists, particularly in view of their expanding role within the clinical setting. The pharmaceutical industry provides
opportunities for pharmacists in the fields of sales and marketing, production, research and quality control.The increased demand and corresponding development in public health
will provide opportunities for pharmacists in analytical laboratories and in administrative positions as consultants, government inspectors and health officers. Opportunities may also be available in
universities as teachers and researchers . |
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Why Pharmaceutical Science? |
Pharmacy - Future Prospects India has a vast and growing pharmaceutical industry. With the
implementation of the WTO proposals on intellectual property rights, Indian companies will have to increase their focus on research and development of new medicines. Indian companies have also started
exporting bulk drugs and formulations. On the other hand Indian population is ever increasing and the country is still a laggard in the field of healthcare with even basic healthcare not readily available to
all. All these factors indicate that Indian healthcare industry has a long way to go and pharmacists have to play a vital role in it. Apart from being a pharmacist, with more academic work they can move into
pharmacology or become pharmaceutical chemists. Those who are academically - minded combine pharmaceutical and legal education to pursue jobs as patent lawyers or consultants on pharmaceutical and drug laws.
In the coming years there will be an increasing demand for qualified pharmacists in all sectors namely research, manufacturing, marketing and retail. |
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