• Pharmacy is a science-based health profession concerned with medicines and their use in the treatment and prevention of disease.
• Pharmacy has two facets:
– Professional
– Technical
The aim of pharmacy education is to produce experts in medicines and includes extensive teaching covering the sources, design, synthesis & analysis of drugs, the formulation of dosage forms, the action of drugs on the living system and the therapeutic management of medicines in patients
What are the Pharmaceutical Sciences?
The pharmaceutical sciences combine a broad range of scientific disciplines that are critical to the discovery and development of new drugs and therapies.
Qualification
D.Pharm
B.Pharm
M.Pharm
Ph.D
B.Pharm + MBA
B.Pharm + MFA
D/B.Pharm + Software
Opportunities
Industry
Hospital Pharmacy
Drug Regulatory Authority
Academics & Research
Research only
Academics only
Community Pharmacy