PHARMACY

Before i describing about pharmacy i want to say about its history.....

Sushruta the ancient doctor wrote a book about medicinal substances and according to him the book also named as Sushruta Samhita in 6th century BC.

What is pharmacy?  

Pharmacy is a sceince ot technique to dispense,preparing,manufacturing and reviwing of drug and providing additional clinical services.

It is a part of Medical science and part of a sector related to Health.

The aim of the profession is to give the drug in safe,Quality and easier way to patients without any side effects.

The drugs are manufactured by pharmaceutical industries.

Based on the reqirement and its use pharmacy sector divided into lot of divisions 

like                                      

                             Pharmacy itself

                  Than  clinical pharmacy

                  Than  Pharmacovigilance

                  Than  Medical Coding

                  Than Pharmaindustry

                  Than  Hospital pharmacy

                                                              i.e Symbol Of Pharmacy 

                               In Rx,"R"stands for the latin word recipe,meaning "Take".

                                                                  PHARMACY

Other Name                                                                Pharmacist,Chemist,

                                                                                     Doctor Of pharmacy

                                                                                     Druggist 

Occupation                                                                  It can be Professional or own business

Activity Sectors                                                         Health care,Health sciences,

                                                                                    Chemical sciences,Pharma industry

                                                                                    Medical coding,Pharmacovigilance

                                                                                    Regulatory Affairs,Formulation and Devlopment

                                                                                    Reasearch and devlopment

   

                                                                   DESCRIPTION


Education Required                          Diploma of Pharmacy
                                                          Bachelor Of pharmacy

                                                          Master Of Pharmacy

Related Jobs                                   Doctor,Pharmacist
                                                       Getting Job In Pharmaindustry
                                                       Medical Coder
                                                       Toxicologist

                                                                      DIVISIONS 

There are many divisions in pharmacy profession 

                                              1.Pharmaceutics

                                              2.Pharmacognosy

                                              3.Pharmacology

                                              4.Pharmachemistry(Medicinal Chemistry)

                                              5. PA & QA

                                              6.Pharmaanalysis

 

 Currently as per new research made by WHO  there are 269900 peaple are employed as pharmacist in a year.

And there are approx 600,000 reatils outlets for medicine sale and supplyin india.

And as per WHO there are 2.6 million pharmacists worldwide.