| With the industry getting global, huge pharma giants | | | | - Pharma journalism (Media editorial team) |
| like GSK, Pfizer etc., are increasingly looking for | | | | - Blood banks |
| mergers and tie-ups with smaller countries, thus | | | | - Consultancies - offering varied services. (Regulatory |
| providing huge opportunities for students in these | | | | affairs, documentation, research, manufacturing, |
| countries. A Study in pharmacy equips you with | | | | survey and analysis, information retrieval, data |
| knowledge on chemical and biological entity of drugs, | | | | management, turn key projects etc.,) |
| its origin, drug research and development procedures, | | | | The courses that gets covered under pharmacy are: |
| dispensing etc., There are different types of | | | | Pharmacists - analysis and testing, dispensing of |
| education a student can choose from, depending on | | | | drugs, working as chemist etc., |
| their interest and skills. Students can start from | | | | Clinical Pharmacy - reporting on medicine tests, |
| Diploma to PhDs. | | | | side-effects, patient care, drug dispensing, advising |
| Students find employment in the following industries | | | | patient on use of drugs, counselling, consulting etc., |
| sectors:- | | | | Research & Development - new drug discovery, |
| - Drugs, Pharmaceuticals & Biopharma | | | | process and development, formulations and |
| (R&D, formulations, dosage forms, marketing, | | | | development etc., |
| sales etc.,) | | | | Engineering - Design and develop new products and |
| - Medical devices & equipment manufacturing | | | | services related to agriculture, health and medicine. |
| - Cosmetics & Perfumes | | | | Bioinformatics - application of computer technology to |
| - Nutraceuticals | | | | manage and store biological information for utilisation |
| - Regulatory Affairs (Food & Drug Control | | | | of research and development. |
| Administration appointed by the government and | | | | Management / MBA - handling and overlooking |
| Regulatory Affairs Depts., in companies) | | | | different areas related to pharmaceutical and related |
| - Patents, trademarks and IPR (Documentation | | | | organisations viz., marketing, sales, finance, operations |
| department in government and private companies) | | | | etc. |