What Should You Do After Completing B.Pharmacy? Job or Start Your Own Pharma Company?
Confused about what to do after B.Pharmacy? Learn whether you should take a job or start your own pharma company, how to launch a business with ₹3 lakhs, and the skills needed for long-term success.
Read MoreWhat is New Drug Definition, requirements and guidelines for permission for import/manufacture, according to Drug and Cosmetic Act!
Definition of new drug For the purpose of this Part, new drug shall mean and include- (a) A drug, as defined in the Act including bulk drug substance (or phytopharmaceutical drug) which has not been used in the country to any significant extent under the conditions prescribed, recommended or suggested in the labelling thereof and […]
Read MorePharmacist Oath
I swear by the code of Ethics of Pharmacy council of India in relation with the community and shall acts as an integral part of health care team. I shall uphold the laws and standards governing my profession. I shall strive to perfect and enlarge my knowledge to contribute to the advancement of pharmacy and […]
Read MoreWhat is the Difference between Drug and Medicine?
Drug and Medicine are two similar words and can be used as synonyms for each other. Most of persons get confused while differentiating between these. Here we are going to find out the difference between Drug and Medicine: Have look at definition for Both Drug and Medicine: Drug: Drug is defined as the all […]
Read MoreHospital Pharmacist and his key Responsibilities
‘Hospital Pharmacist’ mean a person who is a registered pharmacist as defined in Pharmacy Act, 1948 and who are working in a hospital pharmacy service (Public/Private sector) as a pharmacist. Responsibilities: Hospital Pharmacists are responsible for ensuring the safe, appropriate and cost-effective use of medicines. Hospital pharmacists use their specialist knowledge to dispense drugs and advise patients […]
Read MoreWhat does it mean by Manufacturing Date, Expiry Date, Batch Number, Finished Product?
Lot or Batch: Batch or lot means a quantity of any product in dosage form, a raw material or a packaging material, homogeneous within specified limits, constituting all or part of a single batch and identified by a distinctive lot number which appears on the label of the finished product; Lot Number or Batch Number: […]
Read MoreWhat is Clinical Trial, New Drug, Cosmetic and Medical Device?
First we will discuss about meaning and definition of clinical trail. After that we will discuss about why these are compulsory to conduct before manufacturing, sale, distribute and market a new drug. What is Clinical Trial? Clinical Trial is a process of systematic study or bioavailability or bioequivalence study of new drug or investigational new […]
Read MoreWhat does it mean by Compounding, Dispensing, Patient counselling and Pharmaceutical Care?
What is Pharmacy Compounding? Compounding is the the preparation, mixing, assembling, packing or labeling of a drug or device against prescription of a Registered Medical Practitioner for catering special need of a patient in Pharmacy by a Registered Pharmacist or/and for the purpose of research, manufacturing, teaching, clinical trial or chemical analysis including drug analysis […]
Read MoreWhat is Pharmacy? What does it mean by Practice of Pharmacy?
What is Pharmacy? Pharmacy may be defined in two way. One according to Pharmacy Education and Second according to Pharmacy Shop. According to Pharmacy Education, Pharmacy may be defined as the branch of Sciences which deals in compounding, manufacturing, quality and dispensing of medicines along with study of pharmaceutical engineering, pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic, pharmacology, clinical studies […]
Read MoreWho is a Pharmacy Practitioner? Difference between Community, Hospital, Drug Information and Clinical Pharmacist
Read Related: What is Pharmacy? What does it mean by Practice of Pharmacy? Pharmacy Practitioner is an individual (Community Pharmacist/ Hospital Pharmacist/ Clinical Pharmacist/ Drug information Pharmacist) currently licensed, registered or otherwise authorized under the Act to counsel or otherwise and administer drugs in the course of professional practice. Query Related to Pharmacist: Query 1: I am […]
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