About pharmacy

what is Pharmacy ?
  • pharmacy derived from word "PHARMACON" means MEDICINE or DRUG.
  • In General sense ,It is a place where medicine or drugs are sold.
  • Pharmacy is the art and science of manufacturing and dispensing of drugs prepared by natural and synthetic sources and using them for the treatment and prevention of diseases.
  • In other word, pharmacy is the art , practice , or profession of preparing, preserving, compounding and dispensing medical drugs.
A place where medicines are compounded or dispensed.

Definition of Pharmacy.
Pharmacy is the branch of science which deals with the study of chemistry of drugs, their origin ,procedures for drug development, their preparation, dispensing, their effects and eventual use for prevention and treatment of disease.

Type of Pharmacy.
  • community pharmacy
  • Hospital pharmacy
  • Clinical pharmacy
  • Industrial pharmacy
  • Compounding pharmacy
  • Consulting pharmacy
  • Ambulatory care pharmacy
  • Regulatory pharmacy  
  • Home care pharmacy
Scope of pharmacy
pharmacy is a profession there is a wide scope.
  1. Government pharmacist
  2.  Production and Drugs manufacturing
  3. Cosmetics and medicine industry
  4. Retail and whole sale medical store
  5. Lab Assistant
  6. Academics & Marketing
  7. Hospital pharmacy
  8. Chemist shop
  9. Drug Inspector
  10. Community pharmacy
  11. Quality Assurance & Control
  12. Research
  13. Drug Regulatory Affairs
  14. Opportunity Abroad
  15. Entrepreneurship
Father of Indian pharmacy education  -Mahadeva Lal Shroff. 
thank you.....🙏🙏🙏

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