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Pharmacy is the branch of health sciences that deals with the preparation and dispensing of drugs. Its aim is to ensure the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs

Pharmacy is one of health-care profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and at the same time to ensure the safety and effectiveness of medicine utilization.

Pharmacy students are required to learn and acquire adequate knowledge and skills to practice the profession of pharmacy including exhaustive knowledge of synthesis and assay of medicinal agents, mode of action, drug interactions, patients counseling and professional information exchange with physicians and other paramedics. Pharmacy students are required to acquire an in depth knowledge of formulation, storage and analysis of various pharmaceutical dosage forms including herbal medicines required for both large scale commercial production and research. The pharmacist should act a bridge between physicians and patients and strive for better healthcare.

The healthcare sector has witnessed rapid development in recent years. Hence the opportunities are immense for pharmacy students to join multinational drug companies, research units, large hospitals or even become self employed by starting a pharmacy outlet.

• Consultant Pharmacist
• Clinical Pharmacist
• Dispensary Pharmacist
• Medicines Safety Manager
• Pharmacy Assistant
• Hospital Pharmacist