Role of Pharmacists
- Educate patients about prescription and over-the-counter medications
- Advise other health care professionals on drug decisions for patients

- Provide expertise about the composition of drugs, includingchemical, biological and physical properties, as well as on use

- Ensure drug purity and strength
- Ensure drugs do not interact in a harmfulway


Courses of Pharmacy after 10+2
– D.Pharm (Diploma in Pharmacy) 2 Year’s Course
– B.Pharm (Bachelor in Pharmacy) 4 Year’s Course
– Pharm D. (Doctor of Pharmacy) 6 Year’s Integrated Course
– Eligibility :
– 10+2 Science Biology (PCBE)or Science Maths (PCME) for both the courses
Why these courses are most demanding
– 1. Directly related to healthcare system.
– 2. Regular increase in population and diseases demanding more new medicines and Medicines means persons involved in various fields of Pharma profession…..
– 3. In Post Covid Environment where other professions showing negative growth Pharmacy and related healthcare professions are becoming more demanding
– 4. India is a hub of Pharmaceutical Market : Production of Crude Drugs, Raw Materials, Generic Drugs and Branded Medicines
– India is among first five ()3rd in Volume Pharma Producers in the world.








Why Pharmacy as Career?
The Pharmaceutical Industry in India is the world’s third largest in terms of volume
Only industry to record profits and create jobs even in global slowdown in the 2003-2009.
Second only to Indian defence sector in terms of R & D spending.

Clinical Research

Clinical Research Organizations (CROs) in India offers ample job opportunities. CROs in India are staffed with a highly skilled clinicians, Pharmacologists, Post Doctorates, Pharmacists, Toxicologists, Chemists, Analysts.
Services provide by CROs:
Undertaking clinical studies from Phase 1 to Phase 4
Featibility Studies
Protocol Development
Case Report Form review and designing
Report writing
Monitoring
Bio-Analytical Services
Quality Assurance and Data Management
Conduction of bioavailability studies
Data Management for global trials





CAREER OPTIONS AFTER COMPLETING
- Teaching:
M Pharm pass out students can get as assistant professor job in pharmacy degree colleges.
Assistant Professor Scale: Starting Salary
– Rs. 40000 to 45000 (As per 15600 – 39100 AGP – 6000)
–M.Pharm, Ph.D plus 5 years of experiens get as associate professor job in pharmacy degree colleges
– Associate professor Salary: Starting Salary
– Rs. 78000 to 80000 (As per 37400 – 67000 AGP 9000) per month
- Pharmacist
- Being in the health-related field, the D. Pharm or B Pharm graduate can be Health- system Pharmacist or Hospital Pharmacist or Community Pharmacist.
- Salary as Store Keeper/Junior Pharmacist near about
Rs. 40000 per months in government sector
- Quality Assurance Health Manager
The Pharmacy graduate can play an important role in the development of clinical care.
- Medical Transcription – The B Pharm graduate can work with medical practitioners to maintain the patient treatment history, the drug to which he/she is allergic etc.
- Analytical Chemist of Quality Control Manager – The Pharmacy graduate can play a crucial role in controlling product quality.
The drug and the Cosmetics Act (1945), Rules 71(1) and 76(1) says that the manufacturing activity should be taken up under the supervision of a technical man whose qualification should be B Pharm, B Sc, B Tech or medicine with Bio-


6. Sales and Marketing:
Ambitious achievers with pleasant personality and good communication skills can opt for the job of Medical Sales Representative. The companies prefer pharmacy graduates for this job, as they have a good knowledge about the drug molecules, their therapeutic effects and the drug – drug interactions.
7. Clinical Research:
B Pharm/ M Pharm degree holders can take up career in clinical research. The human testing phase is called the clinical trial. A pharmacist can work as clinical research associate or clinical pharmacist and can rise to the position of project manager. The clinical research associate plays an important role of monitoring and overseeing the conducts of clinical trials, which are conducted on healthy human volunteers. They have to see that the trials meet the international guidelines and the national regulatory requirements.


8. Data Manager:
A pharmacist can seek employment as “Data Manager” to store the data in the computer and process it using software developed for thepurpose.
9. Regulatory Manager:
A pharmacy graduate can work as “Regulatory Manager”(RM) in companies and contract research organisation. As an RM he has to oversee regulatory documentation such as Clinical trial approval permission, marketing approval permission etc.




10.Career in Regulatory bodies:
A Pharmacist can be absorbed in the Regulatory bodies like Food and Drug Administration. Pharmacist having experience in clinical trial centres can also work as an inspector to inspect the clinical trial process. For these government jobs the student needs to appear and pass the UPSC/ State’s PSC examination.
11. Biotechnology is a fast growing branch and the B Pharm graduates can opt for post graduate diploma programme in Bioinformatics.
12. The B Pharm Science programme is considered as a paramedical programme. The B Pharm Science graduates can therefore work in hospitals as hospital pharmacist or community pharmacist.
13. Since they have a good knowledge of therapeutic effects of drugs and that of drug- drug interaction, they are more suitable for a job in clinical research. They can opt for the post of clinical pharmacist or clinical research associate in a clinical research laboratory.





Others
“Indian Army, Air Force, Navy and BSF. “ Immigration easy in abroad
“Self-employed: Establish your own industries
“Academics
“Govt. jobs (Hospitals, Railways etc) “Pharma Clinics
Academics : Opportunities of Exposure
Pharmacists as teachers have various roles to play in the teaching institutions/pharmacy colleges: teaching students, and also carry out continuing upgradation and research work, liaison with industry and Pharmacy.
One needs to be a postgraduate in pharmacy to qualify as a Lecturer and in
order to climb up the academic ladder, a Ph.D. is very much essential,
although B.Pharm is sufficient qualification for being a teacher in Diploma institutions.
There is a lot of demand for qualified teachers in the country and even in
abroad. Teachers make time to get exposure to the pharmaceutical industry and the practice settings to keep themselves and their students updated.
Regulatory (Government) :
Pharmacists work in the Drug Control Department in various sections. The CDSCO (Central Drugs Standard Drug Control Organization) is the central body in India for drug control.
Their task is to ensure that the pharmaceuticals in the market – right from raw material to finished product and the distribution from the manufacturing facility to the customer is regulated, so as to ensure the safety, efficacy and quality of pharmaceuticals.
Drug Inspectors ()Presently known as Drug Control Officer (DCO), Assistant Drug Controllers, Drug Controller, carry out inspections, are involved in giving clinical trial approvals, manufacturing approvals, market approvals, etc.
They work in the drug testing laboratories associated with the Drug Control Department (Pharmaceutical Chemist/Analyst).
Why Apex?
- Last year Most Prestigious Magazine of the World Forbs has issued a list of few Universities in India as Great Place to Study in India…Apex University, Jaipur is among these top two Universities of the Rajasthan
- We are having Pharmacy Courses since 2000 with the approval of PCI and AICTE as an Affiliated Colleges with RUHS, Jaipur but after the inception of Apex University we are running these courses under the Umbrella of our own University with the approval of PCI.
- Best Infrastructure, Senior Most faculties having Ph.D and exposure of various fields of Pharmacy so that we may develop our students as “ Future Ready Pharmacist”