Day: July 9, 2021

Pharmaceutics-What this deals with?

Pharmaceutics is a specialization of pharmaceutical sciences that deals with the science and technology of delivering therapeutically efficacious entities to the body through the various courses of actions and strategies intended to evoke the desired therapeutic efficacy. Knowledge of the same enables researchers to transform a probable drug candidate into a potential medicine that can be administered to patients safely and conveniently.  

Keeping in view, the need to generate skilled and efficient pharmacists, the School of Pharmaceutical Technology (SOPT) was established by Adamas University at the Adamas Knowledge City on Barasat-Barrackpore road. SOPT was set up with a vision to create and spread knowledge leading to quality healthcare professionals. The purpose of the university and the school is to provide leadership in pharmaceutical sciences and related areas. The Master of Pharmacy (M. Pharm), Pharmaceutics program will be introduced in SOPT from the upcoming academic year keeping in view, the need of imparting and advancing the knowledge related to the science and technology involved in producing efficacious dosage forms and to produce pharmacy professionals meeting global standards. 

Our objective revolves around maintaining education, extension and research to the highest standards with an aim to generate a community of students enriched with wisdom by means of inculcating knowledge, skills and building the right attitude thereby, leading to the creation of a sensitive and responsive society which abides by the ethical and moral values, acts in a logical and rational manner and advances in peace. Our aim is to generate a workforce of efficient and skilled pharmaceutical technologists who will have wide recognition and acceptance for their technical skills, quality of work and mannerism of hard working.

Instead of monotonous classroom lectures, we favour the creation of adequate opportunities for the students to apply their concepts, investigate and learn. We ensure the organization of various classes related to professional and personality development on a regular basis, seminars and workshops, guest lectures and webinars for our students, annual student exchange programs with foreign universities. Our success not only lies in the outstanding achievements of our students with respect to academics but also when they receive university ranks and receive awards in poster and oral presentations, compete with efficiency in various competitions at the state and national levels, publish research articles, receive scholarships and pursue higher studies. Our students always look forward to extreme dedication and excellence.

The growth of any nation and society is determined by the extent of its industrialization and progress with respect to its economy. Complying with the advancement of technology in the modern era, SOPT has included M. Pharm, Pharmaceutics program to support the creation of proficient and trained pharmaceutical professionals through various areas such as performing research, making project reports, scientific writing, oral and poster presentations in various conferences/seminars, writing of research and review articles, skill development, taking challenging growth-oriented tasks instead of waiting for conventional jobs, etc. This will promote the development of our nation and will also curb the existing unemployment problems.

Program Highlights:

Realizing the need of pharmacy in healthcare and the role of the pharmaceutical industry with respect to the economic front of the country, SOPT will be starting the M. Pharm, Pharmaceutics program under the umbrella of Adams University. The two-year M. Pharm, Pharmaceutics program provides ample opportunities to grab theoretical and practical knowledge on various conventional and modern drug delivery systems. The program also enables the students to acquire research-based knowledge on drug delivery and inculcate the research mindset in them.     

What is the Eligibility Criteria for Admission?

A candidate must have passed Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) or equivalent with a minimum aggregate score requirement of 50% or more.

Objectives:

• To provide sufficient knowledge on drug delivery systems.
• To equip the students with necessary practical skills.
• To provide necessary assistance to perform research in the pharmaceutical field.
• To motivate the students to participates in seminars/guest lectures/workshops / industrial visits.
• To educate the students in the process of writing research and review articles.
• To foster collaboration of SOPT with industries and foreign universities engaged in pharmaceutical research.
• To catalyze and promote skill development to face global challenges.
• To mentor and guide the budding research scientists on different areas like preparation of project reports, getting project approvals from different funding agencies, etc.

What are the Thrust Areas of Research?

The research activities of the Department of Pharmaceutics focus on formulation science and drug delivery with particular emphasis in the following areas:

• Novel drug delivery systems such as sustained and controlled release formulations.
• Solubility and oral bioavailability enhancement using polymer and lipid-based approaches.
• Nanopharmaceuticals based drug delivery such as nanovesicular, polymeric nanoparticles and lipid nanoparticles, etc.
• Site-specific delivery and targeted nanoparticles of therapeutic drugs.
• Application of Quality by Design (QbD), statistical design and 3D-printing technologies in drug development.
• Exploration of plant-based biopolymers as excipients for developing different drug delivery systems.
• Buccal and transdermal drug delivery systems.
• In vitro and in vivo assessment of conventional and new drug delivery systems.
• Biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetic analysis incorporating bioavailability and bioequivalence studies.

“A doctor gives life to the patient through medicine but a pharmacist gives life to medicine through his knowledge and skills.” The above-mentioned quotes rightly explain the importance of pharmaceutical science in the healthcare sector. Pharmacy is the science of preparing and dispensing drugs. Pharmacists are health professionals who create a bridge between health sciences and chemical sciences to give life to medicines. The role of the pharmacist, nowadays, is not restricted to mere traditional roles, such as compounding and dispensing medications. The advances made in pharmaceutical technology in the past few decades has led to a significant scope to include numerous advanced services associated with healthcare like ensuring the safety and efficiency of medicines through medication review, clinical services, drug information services as also employing modern techniques for the manufacture of formulations, designing delivery systems, meeting quality assurance demands and its control. Modern pharmacy professionals are skilled with modern techniques for the manufacturing of formulations, designing of drug delivery systems as well as ensuring the quality assurance of the formulated product.

Keeping in view, the need to generate future pharmacists, the School of Pharmaceutical Technology (SOPT) was established by Adamas University at the Adamas Knowledge City on Barasat-Barrackpore road. SOPT was established with an objective to originate and spread knowledge leading to skilled and trained health care professionals with standards complying with the global requirements. The Diploma in Pharmacy (D. Pharm) course was introduced in SOPT with an objective to minimize the widening gap between educational curriculum and the knowledge and skills required for health workers in hospitals and health care centres.

Program Highlights:

This two-year undergraduate course provides you with a complete prerequisite to understanding the basic concepts in community pharmacy, drug discovery and drug manufacturing processes, human anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical jurisprudence, pharmacognosy, inorganic and organic chemistry, basics on store management and other core subjects of pharmacy.

D. Pharm will provide the minimum essential qualifications which are required by the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), New Delhi (the core body to regulate pharmacy education in the country) to get registered as a pharmacist.

Course Details:

D. Pharm is a 2-year undergraduate course including 3 months of hospital training as an internship. Eligibility to enter the course is 10+2 with physics, chemistry and biology as major subjects with a minimum of 40% marks. The selection of the students for this course is done either on their merit or based upon the rank they hold in the entrance examinations as a screening process.

Rules and Regulations for Admission:

• Pharm is a two-year course whereby each academic year includes a duration of not less than 180 working days along with 500 hours of practical training covering a duration of not less than 3 months.
• Admission of candidates to the D. Pharm program shall be made on the basis of merit depending on the ‘Pre-Pharmacy Test’ as per the university’s examination strategy and curriculum by following the PCI guidelines.

Scope and Opportunities:

• D. Pharm is a technical course that helps the students to learn all the basic concepts of pharmaceutical science and also improves their practical skills.
• The undergraduate aspirants will get the basic concepts related to the science of drugs, their discovery, manufacturing, testing, safety, efficacy, mechanism of action and various related areas.
• The students will get knowledge about the basic concepts related to human physiology, anatomy, pathophysiology and pharmacology.
• They will get knowledge about the active constituents of different medicinal herbs, their uses, processing and dispensing.
• Students will learn about the basic laws regulating the profession of pharmacy.
• They will be aware of the process of purchasing, merchandising and inventory control of drugs as well as maintenance of records.
• It will provide them with the ability to process various prescriptions along with dispensing and compounding medicines.
• They will learn different methods of testing, screening and clinical trials of drugs.

Transform your career with thousands of career opportunities after completion of D. Pharm and enable yourself for successful registration as a pharmacist under the Pharmacy act 1984.

Career Prospects:

• You can get a job as a pharmacist in various drug stores of private and government hospitals.
• There is a chance to get an entry-level job in different pharmaceutical firms in various divisions like process control, manufacturing and quality control.
• You have a chance to work as a medical representative in various pharmaceutical companies.
• It will be a great opportunity for those who are having entrepreneurial skills who can start their own retail and wholesale pharmacy outlets for medicines and surgical items.
• You can work in different health sectors by processing prescriptions and dispensing medicines.

Future Scope:

• Based upon your interest associated with pharmaceutical sciences, you can pursue Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) or Pharm D programs. After completion of D. Pharm, you are eligible to take admission in the 2^nd year of B. Pharm directly (B. Pharm Lateral Entry).
• There is a great opportunity to work as a lawyer if you pursue your law degree after completion of D. Pharm, as many of the pharmaceutical companies hire such candidates as Intellectual Property lawyers.