job profile for B.pharma

Pharmacists understand the composition & effect of drugs and how they are tested for purity & strength, and eventual use for prevention & treatment of disease.

Job Profile

Pharmacists work in four areas:

  • Hospital pharmacy
  • Retail pharmacy
  • Industrial pharmacy
  • Research pharmacy
Hospital pharmacists
  • Procure, stock, prepare and dispense medicines, drugs and other medical accessories
  • Undertake responsibility for stock control, storage, placing orders, labeling and financial budgeting and account keeping for the dispensary
  • Meet patients, doctors and nurses to discuss the supply of medicines and the appropriate form of drugs for administration
Retail pharmacists
  • Prepare and dispense drugs on prescription to the general consumer
  • Monitors the drug sale on the basis of prescriptions and dosages, and gives over the counter advice on how to use prescribed drugs
  • Run chemist's shops
  • Inform and educate the medical practitioners of the potential uses of the drug or health product and its administration along with side effects or precautions for its use
  • Make regular visits to medical practitioners, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, health centers
Industrial pharmacists
  • Carry out clinical trials, where drugs are tested for safety and effectiveness
  • Work in research and development to develop new formulations
  • In the production job entails management and supervision of the production process, packaging, storage and delivery
  • Work in marketing, sales and quality control
Research pharmacists
  • Carry out research activities in pharmaceutical firms, research organizations and laboratories                                                                                                                                                                               

    Employment Opportunities

    • Health centres
    • Hospitals
    • Medical dispensing stores
    • Pharmaceutical Industries
    • In Manufacturing, Analytical and Research & Development divisions
    • In Drug Control Administration as Drug Inspector, Analytical Chemist,
    • Office of Customs as expert (Drugs & Pharmaceuticals)
    • Ministry of Supplies and Rehabilitation as Assistant Director of Supplies
    • Medical Representatives and Executives in Pharmaceutical Sale Division
    • Multinationals pharmaceutical firms

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