Introduction To Pharmacy
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Lipanjali BadheiIntroduction To Pharmacy
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Lipanjali BadheiIntroduction to
Pharmacy
By: Lipanjali Badhei
1 Introduction
Agenda Career opportunities
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3 Examples
4 Discipline of pharmacy
Old Pharmacy
Introduction to
Pharmacy
Pharmacy
Meaning
The word 'Pharmacy' is derived from the
Greek work 'Pharmakon', meaning drug.
The word 'Pharmacy' has two meanings :
General sense - it is a place or shop where
drugs or medicines are sold.
Professional sense – it is the profession, the
members of which deal with drugs.
Pharmacy is a branch of Science which deals with the collection,
preparation, standardization, compounding, and dispensing of
drugs in such a way to make the medication suitable for easy,
effective, and palatable administration in the treatment of a
disease.
Or
Pharmacy is the study of the science of drugs-
Where they come from?
How they act on the body?
How to turn drugs into medicines?
Pharmacy Pharmacist
Pharmacy means a A professional
Pharmacy licensed trained to prepare
establishment where and distribute
VS prescription drugs (dispense)
are filled and medicines with or
Pharmacist dispensed by a without
pharmacist licensed prescription in a
under the laws of hospital or retail
the state where the pharmacy and to
pharmacist give information
practices. about them.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Hospital Pharmacist Industrial Pharmacy Academic
Pharmacist
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• Clinical pharmacists
• Community pharmacy (retail
Hospitals and pharmacy)
• Wholesale pharmacy
clinics • Government services
pharmacists • Regulatory affairs
• Drug testing laboratories
• Drug purchasing & distribution
• Military services
• Production
• Quality control (QC)
• Quality assurance (QA)
• Research & development
(R&D)
• Packaging
• Marketing (local, global)
Pharmaceutic • Product management
al industry • Regulatory affairs
• Pharmaceutical sales
representative (PSR)
Tablet
Punching
Tablet Coating Capsule Filling
• Backward linkage industries
• API industries
• Pharmaceutical business
Pharmacy (indenting, marketing,
education export-import)
(teaching & • Pharmaceutical consultancy
research ) • Pharmaceutical IT
Other areas • Pharmaceutical journalism
• PhD
• Assistant Professor
A drug is any substance that acts on the
living body to alter the physiological
Drug and process and are used for the prevention,
diagnosis treatment of diseases. and
Medicine
A medicine is any drug which has a
definite form & dose and are
therapeutically used for the treatment of
diseases of living subjects.
• Paracetamol (500 mg) – Active ingredient; provides
analgesic (pain relief) and antipyretic (fever reduction)
effect.
• Starch – Used as a binder and disintegrant to help the
tablet hold together and break down in the stomach.
• Povidone (PVP) – Binder that helps the tablet maintain its
Example shape.
• Magnesium Stearate – Lubricant that prevents
ingredients from sticking to the tablet-making equipment.
• Microcrystalline Cellulose – Filler and binder to give the
tablet bulk and improve stability.
• Talc – Glidant that improves powder flow during
manufacturing.
• Sodium Starch Glycolate – Disintegrant that helps the
• tablet
Paracetamol
dissolve=quickly
main drug for fever/pain.
after swallowing.
• Other ingredients (excipients) = help in binding,
stability, quick breakdown, and easy manufacturing.
1.Pharmaceutics
Discipline 2.Human Anatomy and Physiology
of 3.Pharmaceutical Organic
pharmacy Chemistry
4.Pharmacognosy
5.Social Pharmacy
Human Anatomy
Pharmaceuti and Physiology
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Pharmaceutics is the branch of pharmacy
Human Anatomy and Physiology is the
that deals with the process of turning a
scientific study of the structure
new chemical entity (NCE) or old drugs
(anatomy) and functions (physiology) of
into a safe and effective dosage form. It
the human body and its organs, tissues,
involves the design, preparation,
and systems, in relation to health and
evaluation, and dispensing of
disease.
pharmaceutical formulations.
Pharmaceutical
Organic
Pharmacogno
Chemistry sy
Pharmacognosy is the branch of
Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry is the
pharmacy that deals with the study of
branch of chemistry concerned with the
medicinal plants, natural products, and
study of structure, properties,
their constituents, including their
composition, reactions, and synthesis of
biological, chemical, biochemical, and
carbon-containing compounds, especially
therapeutic properties.
those with pharmaceutical importance.
Social
Pharmacy
Social Pharmacy is the discipline that studies the role of
medicines in society, including the social, behavioral, and
economic aspects of drug use, pharmacy practice, and
healthcare delivery.
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