Pharmacy Orientation
Aleena Maryiam
M.Phil Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics)
Content
Introduction
Hospital Pharmacy
Retail Pharmacy
Industrial Pharmacy
Forensic Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical education and research
Introduction
Drug
Any substance or mixture of substances that is manufactured,
sold, stored, offered for sale or represented for internal or
external use in the treatment, mitigation, prevention or
diagnosis of disease, an abnormal physical state, or the
symptoms thereof in human beings or animals or the
restoration, correction, or modification of organic functions
in human beings or animals.
Pharmacy
The art, practice, or profession of preparing, preserving,
compounding, and dispensing medical drugs.
Pharmacist
Pharmacist is a person who is registered under section 24-A
of pharmacy act 1976.
Pharmaceutics
Pharmaceutics is the science of dosage form design. It deals
with process of turning new chemical entity or older drugs
into medication to achieve desired therapeutic or beneficial
effect.
Drug act 1976.
Pharmacy act 1967.
License for pharmacy Form 9
License for medical store Form 10
Retail Pharmacy
Retail pharmacy means any pharmacy where drugs are compounded,
dispensed, stored or sold or where prescriptions are filled or dispensed
to public OR Any pharmaceutical facility dispensing prescription drugs
and devices to public.
• The retail pharmacy is also known as the community pharmacy and
is the pharmaceutical service that is most accessible and closest to
the public.
• Example of retail pharmacy includes
Role of retail pharmacist
A person who works in retail pharmacy as pharmacist is called
retail pharmacist. His/Her roles involve:
1-Provides the community with access to the medications they
needed as well as advice to promote the safe and effective use.
2-Tell their customers about drugs interaction to prevent side-
effects of medication.
3-Help patients with the reimbursement of drug expenses
4-Supervising pharmacy technicians
5- Keeping inventory of the drugs stocked is also the part of their
duties.
Industrial Pharmacy
Industrialpharmacy involves the pharmaceutical industry
and includes the research, production, packaging, quality
control, marketing and sales of pharmaceutical goods.
Industrial pharmacists work in companies that essentially
manufacture medicines, however there are many different
stages of this process, and pharmacists are involved in most
of them from initial design to public launch and sales.
Example of industrial pharmacy includes.
Role of industrial pharmacist
A person who works in industrial pharmacy as pharmacist is called
industrial pharmacist. His/Her roles involve:
1-May work as a representative for a particular pharmaceutical
company to advocate for the use of its products, as well as to inform
practitioners about their actions and benefits.
2-Works on optimizing pharmaceutical manufacturing protocols to
ensure the timely delivery of high-quality medicines.
3-May collaborate with teams of medical researchers to develop new
formulations of pharmaceutical drugs.
4-Use their knowledge of pharmaceutical medicines to maintain the
quality and safety of manufactured drugs.
5-is idealized to be qualified to understand and collate the diverse
Hospital Pharmacy
A hospital pharmacy is the place where the management of
medications occurs in a hospital, medical clinic or nursing home.
A hospital pharmacist often works in close collaboration with other
health professionals to ensure that the medication regimen for each
patient is optimized to achieve the best outcomes.
They may also be involved with clinical trials, as well as
compounding medications for individualized dosing or sterile
medications.
Teaching, administrative functions in the selection, proper storage,
distribution and prescription protocols of drugs, education of medical
staff in the aspects of selection, administration and monitoring of
drug safety, as well as assessing drug levels and drug safety may all
be part of their work.
May be inpatient or outpatient pharmacists and may also specialize
Forensic Pharmacy
Forensic pharmacy is application of the sciences of drugs to legal
issues.
Forensic pharmacists engage in work relating to litigation, the
regulatory process, and the criminal justice system.
Forensic pharmacy overlaps with many other forensic fields.
Pharmacists hold a variety of positions with local, state, and
federal governments.
Many pharmacists do freelance work as forensic litigation
consultants.
A forensic pharmacist can be a valuable resource in legal cases
relating to malpractice, adverse drug reactions, drunk and drugged
driving, health care fraud, poisoning, and numerous other types of
civil and criminal cases
Pharmaceutical Education and Research
Research pharmacists work on developing new drugs and profiling
their actions, effectiveness, side-effects and interactions.
A research pharmacist investigates new pharmaceuticals and drugs
being developed for public use. Their primary job duties include
running clinical tests, setting up drug trials, and helping to apply
for patents and FDA approval.
Other types of research pharmacists work in the insurance
industry to develop cost-benefit analyses of drugs or treatment
options for diseases or conditions.
Some work in marketing departments where they provide
information used to educate health care providers on the benefits,
safety protocols, and proper use of drugs.
