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Shivraj Jadhav et al. Applications of Computer Science in Pharmacy
National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy & Pharmacology | 2012 | Vol 2 | Issue 1 | 1 – 9
REVIEW ARTICLE
Applications of Computer Science in Pharmacy:
An Overview
Shivraj Jadhav, Komal Nikam, Anand Gandhi, Narendra Shinde, Kishor Salunkhe
ABSTRACT
Computer is mandatory in this advanced era and pharmacy and
related subjects are not exception to it. This review mainly focuses
on the various applications, softwares and use of computers in
pharmacy. Computer science and technology is deeply utilized in
pharmacy field everywhere like in pharmacy colleges,
pharmaceutical industries, research centers, hospital pharmacy
and many more. Computer significantly reduces the time,
expenditure, and manpower required for any kind of work.
Development of various softwares makes it trouble-free to handle
huge data. In short, computers are playing critical role in pharmacy
field, without computers pharmacy research will be long-lasting
and expensive.
KEY WORDS: Computer Science; Softwares; Pharmacy; Research;
Computer Applications; Pharmaceutical Industries
Amrutvahini College of
Pharmacy, Amrutnagar,
Sangamner – 422 608
Correspondence to:
Shivraj Jadhav
(shiva.007ind@gmail.com)
Received: 24.05.2011
Accepted: 10.10.2011
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Pharmacy field plays a crucial role in patient
healthcare. It is a huge field which is present
worldwide. To run pharmacy field professionally
and efficiently, it requires huge management and
manpower. But now a days use of computers in
pharmacy field reduced the manpower and time.
Computers are almost related to every corner of
pharmacy field. These are utilized in the drug
design technique, retail pharmacy shop, clinical
research centers, crude drug identification, drug
storage and business management, hospital and
clinical pharmacy, in pharmacy colleges for
computer assisted learning.
Internet is huge collection of data. It is available
in just one click. Various search engines like
Google, Yahoo, Rediff, Bing help in searching
online data related to pharmacy field just one
have to enter his or her area of interest in search
engine.
In Pharmacy field, effective use of computers
started from 1980. Since then there is great
demand of computers in pharmacy field.
Computers are having their own advantages like
reduction in time, accuracy, reduction in man
power, speed, multitasking, non-fatiguness, high
memory, data storage and many more.[1]
USE OF INTERNET IN PHARMACY
Internet is collection of huge data. And this data
is available for us in just a one click. Internet is
useful tool in literature survey. Books are also
available on the internet. Various research
journals can be easily accessed via internet.[2]
There are number of web-sites which are related
to pharmacy field. Some of these web sites are as
follows;[3]
1. www.phrma.org
Organization representing America's
pharmaceutical research companies provides
details of drug development, industry news,
and health guides.
2. www.healthcareforums.com
Created to facilitate interaction among
healthcare professionals on specific topics
which includes discussion of cases, research
and other relevant issues.
3. www.astra.com
This is official web-site of ASTRA
pharmaceuticals which produces medications
for respiratory tract, cardiovascular and
gastrointestinal diseases, and for pain relief.
Includes press releases.
4. www.biogen.com
Company principally engaged in developing
genetically-engineered human
pharmaceuticals. With career advice, and
drug information.
5. www.gene.com
Develops pharmaceuticals mostly for the
treatment of genetic disorders. Includes a
listing of the major drugs and their uses.
6. www.genzyme.com
Company that specializes in biotechnology
and health care products. With career,
product, and services information.
7. www.pfizer.com/main.html
Find out about research projects and career
opportunities at this Pfizer pharmaceuticals.
Includes health education and
pharmaceutical advice section.
8. www.roche.com
Roche produces pharmaceuticals and
products for treatment of HIV, obesity and
cardiac conditions. Offers news and company
information.
9. www.pharmweb.net/pwmirror/pwk/pharm
webk.html
Listing of international pharmaceutical
regulatory bodies including the US Food and
Drug Administration.
10. http://www.druginfonet.com
Drug information, disease information, Ask
the Expert, Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
Information, Healthcare news and
information, Medical References / libraries.
11. http://www.fda.gov/default.htm
Useful for checking adverse reaction reports
for dietary supplements and drug
interactions. The Orange book approved
drug products is also available on-line here,
as well as orphan drug products (with links
to other web-sites for rare disease/orphan
product information). Contains an
alphabetical listing of drugs licensed in the
US and the corresponding package inserts.
Shivraj Jadhav et al. Applications of Computer Science in Pharmacy
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Lists the latest information on drug recalls,
drug shortages, and changes in labeling
12. www.ijpc.com
Alphabetical Index of formulations found in
the International Journal of Pharmaceutical
Compounding. Specialty articles on
compounding
13. http://www.pharmainfo.com
Pharmaceutical News, Pharmaceutical
Articles, and Pharmaceutical blogs
14. www.fda.gov/cvm/
Searchable listing provides facts and figures
on all animal drug products approved by the
FDA.
15. www.aaps.org
Information on officers, activities and
membership from the American Association
of Pharmaceutical Scientists
16. http://www.sciencedirect.com
Contains research and review articles related
to pharmacy field
USE OF COMPUTERS IN RETAIL PHARMACY
SHOP
Computers are used by community pharmacist
for various functions. Some accounting functions
are like preparation of prescription label,
providing a receipt for patient, generation a hard
copy record of transactions, calculating total
prescription cost, automatically ordering the low
quantity products via electronic transitions,
preparation of annual withholding payrolls.
Managerial functions include generation of
multiple sales analysis for a day, month, weak
and to date for number of prescriptions handled
and amounts in cash. Estimation of profits and
financial ration analysis, calculation of number of
prescription handled per unit time, printing of
billing and payment details. [4, 5]
Computers can be effectively used for purchasing
and inventory control in retail pharmacy shops.
Whenever an item is added to the stock or
removed from the stock, immediately position of
the stock can be updated by computers. For
annual auditing, records of numerous items are
required; this can be easily handled by using
various computer softwares. Billing process can
also be computerized. Demands of various
products can be easily evaluated by using
computers by tracking the movements of stock.
Complete search of the drug information is
necessary for the pharmacist to satisfy the
queries about pharmacological actions, drug
interactions, adverse drug reactions, toxicology.
This search job is simplified by use of computers.
The computerized information recovery is time
saving and satisfying with the extra advantage of
more detailed and timely than manual search.
For gathering of information international data
banks are available such as World standard drug
database, Drug bank, MEDLARS (Medical
Literature Analysis and Retrieval System) and
DIALOG.[6]
Drug Bank database is a unique bioinformatics
and cheminformatics resource that combines
detailed drug (chemical, pharmacological and
pharmaceutical) data with comprehensive drug
target (sequence, structure, and pathway)
information. The database contains 6826 drug
entries including 1431 FDA-approved small
molecule drugs, 133 FDA-approved biotech
(protein/peptide) drugs, 83 nutraceuticals.
Additionally, 4435 non-redundant protein (i.e.
drug target/enzyme/transporter/carrier)
sequences are linked to these drug entries.[6]
MEDLARS (Medical Literature Analysis and
Retrieval System) are a computerized biomedical
bibliographic retrieval system. It was launched
by the National Library of Medicine in 1964 and
was the first large scale, computer based,
retrospective search service available to the
general public. In 1971 an online version called
MEDLINE ("MEDLARS Online") became available.
Along with this pharmacist can maintain all the
record related to the patient, his/ her history,
disease state, interactions shown by medicine
which will be useful to the pharmacist while
dispensing the medicine to that patient next time.
HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL PHARMACY
Hospital pharmacy is division of hospital which
monitors on the receiving and allotment of drugs
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and medicines and professional supplies, stores
them and dispenses to inpatient, outpatient and
may have a manufacturing extension to
manufacture pharmaceuticals and parenteral in
bulk.
Clinical pharmacy is the branch
of Pharmacy where pharmacists and pharmacon
omists provide patient care that optimizes the
use of medication and promotes health, wellness,
and disease prevention.[2]
Patient record maintenance is vital job in
hospitals but with the help of computers, data
can be maintained easily and also updated time
to time. Maintenance of stock means inventory
control can be achieved very well by using
computers. For this purpose, periodic or
perpetual inventory control systems may be
adapted. Computers can play role like,[2, 7]
 To detect the items which have reached
minimum order level.
 To prepare list of items to be purchased and
their quantities.
 To prepare purchase orders for vendors and
to avoid duplication.
 To detect the infrequently purchased items
for possible return or elimination from
pharmacy’s drug supply.
 To produce periodic summary and
purchasing and inventory control statistics.
 Maintaining patient medical record.
 Drug information services.
 Patient monitoring.
Softwares like Microsoft Excel are useful in
maintenance of all type of numerical data.
Clinical pharmacist may use computers for
therapeutic drug monitoring; which are very
potent and having very narrow therapeutic range
like cardiac glycosides, anticonvulsants.
Computer program are designed to calculate
drug dosage to suit individual patients need.
Apart from this, drug interactions may be
screened by using programs like MEDIPHOR
(monitoring and Evaluating of Drug interactions
by a pharmacy oriented reporting) and PAD
(Pharmacy Automated Drug Interaction
Screening).[6]
COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION
Computers and information technology have
become essential to pharmacy field education
and teaching. Various methods getting integrated
in teaching process. “Chalk to talk” approach is
changing to the “Display and deliver” approach.
Use of multimedia packages, hypertext video
chats, web based education, multimedia based
education, intelligent tutoring system, digital
libraries, simulation laboratories, tele-education
are finding place in normal teaching process at
post graduate as well as undergraduate level and
it is increasing day by day. Sensible use of
computers in imparting education to pharmacy
student has been found attractive and satisfying.
“Computer Aided Learning” (CAL) is becoming an
important part of education system.[8] CAL
system has its own vital merits as follows;
 It is well structured that means information
is well organized and readily accessible to
user.
 CAL system is individualized which allows
user to work privately and without any
interference.
 Elegant way to present information through
graphics, animation which is attractive.
 Rapid response to user’s queries.
 It is enjoyable as it overcomes tradition
approach of blackboard and most of times
one way communication.
 User satisfaction can be achieved as it can be
used multiple times.
 It is convenient as it can be used at home or
work place.
 Dynamic means its content can be easily
modified and upgraded depending upon
current information.
 It is self-evaluating, resource effective,
dependable, simulative and numerically
judicious.
Along with CAL, distance learning, digital
libraries, e-learning are another important
applications of computers for education.
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E-learning[8]
E-learning is commonly referred to the
intentional use of networked information and
communications technology in teaching and
learning. A number of other terms are also
applied to e-learning like online learning, virtual
learning, distributed learning, network and web
based learning. There are four basic models for e-
learning as follows;
Figure 1: Models for e-learning
a. Individualized self-paced e-learning online
refers to situations where an individual
learner is accessing learning resources such
as a database or course content online via an
Intranet. A typical example of this is a learner
studying alone or conducting some research
on the Internet or a local network.
b. Individualized self-paced e-learning offline
refers to situations where an individual
learner is using learning resources such as a
database or a computer-assisted learning
package offline (i.e., while not connected to
an Intranet). An example of this is a learner
working alone off a hard drive, a CD or DVD.
c. Group-based e-learning synchronously refers
to situations where groups of learners are
working together in real time via an Intranet.
It may include text-based conferencing, and
one or two-way audio and videoconferencing.
Examples of this include learners engaged in
a real-time chat or an audio-videoconference.
d. Group-based e-learning asynchronously refers
to situations where groups of learners are
working over an Intranet, where exchanges
among participants occur with a time delay
(i.e., not in real time). Typical examples of
this kind of activity include on-line
discussions via electronic mailing lists and
text-based conferencing within learning
managements systems.
Digital Libraries[9, 10]
Digital libraries are an electronic collection of
real or virtual resources which is available
anywhere in the world online or offline. Digital
Libraries have received large interest in the
recent years because they allow access to digital
information from anywhere across the world.
They have become widely accepted and even
preferred information sources in areas of
education, science and others. The speedy
expansion of Internet and the increasing interest
in development of digital library related
technologies and collections helped to speed up
the digitization of printed documents in the past
few years.
There are several advantages of digital libraries
as;
1. Minimizing storage space.
2. Cutting down the cost of library maintenance
and resource distribution.
3. Information which cannot be provided in
printed format can be presented by using
digital libraries like audio and videos.
4. Easy for distribution via internet, Compact
disk (CD) and Digital Versatile Disk (DVD).
5. Less time required to search specific things
i.e. within a matter of seconds.
6. Multiple accesses.
Beside these aspects computers are finding their
place in classrooms for the purpose of presenting
data in the form of Power-points, which allows
easy understanding for the student by using
graphics, animation and attractive presentation.
Students are also using various computer
programs for completing their projects,
assignments.
Individualsed self
placed e-learning online
Individualsed self
placed e-learning ofline
Group based e-learning
synchronously
Group based e-learning
asynchronously
Basic models for
e-learning
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Pharmacology is branch which is mainly
concerned with the drug action on organism
(Pharmacodynamic) and effect of organism’s
body on drug (Pharmacokinetic). Various types
of experiments are done in study of drug on
animal models. In the pharmacy colleges also in
routine practicals experiments on animals or
animal parts are involved. After doing such
experiments there is need to support result with
numeric data. For such purpose various tests like
ANOVA, Student’s ‘t’ tests, Chi square test are
need to be carried out. These tests require very
lengthy calculation which is time consuming. For
performing these tests there are certain
softwares in which you have to just feed values
and results are generated within seconds. List of
such softwares is as follows;
 XLSTAT
 OpenStat
 Prism
 SAS (Statistical analytical softwares)
 Minitab
 Excel
 SYSTAT
 MYSTAT
Computer assisted learning (CAL) in
pharmacology is also getting popularity in these
days. For doing practical, many of animals are
killed every year. Such experiments can be
presented to the students using computer
assistance which save life of animal as well as
time.[11]
Computer assisted learning has found to be
having number of advantages as;
1. Learning through animated models, which is
very interesting for students.
2. By running program again and again same
topic can be revised number of times and
when required.
3. For teachers, it also becomes very easy to
explain particular topic via animation.
COMPUTERS IN PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYSIS
Computers in pharmaceutical analysis are mainly
utilized for data storage, processing of data,
searching of various files. Also various
instruments like UV Visible spectrophotometer,
Infra red instrument, HPLC, Microscopes, Mass
spectrometer come along with particular
softwares. These softwares do all necessary
process required for analysis purpose. Also these
programs contain in built libraries which prove
useful for searching of data related to different
chemical entities. For example if a mass spectrum
of any unknown chemical is obtained then
instructions can be given to the program to find
out similar mass spectrum among the library
which is present in it, which will help to find out
unknown chemical entity.
For interpretation of IR spectra commercial
software packages are available. Sadtler Standard
infra-red collection and Sadtler commercial
infrared collection contain over 1,20,000
spectra.[6]
COMPUTER ADDED DRUG DESIGN
Drug design, also sometimes referred to as
rational drug design, is the inventive process of
finding new medications based on the knowledge
of the biological target. This type of drug design
can be assisted by computer softwares. Software
will generate number of lead molecules
depending upon the feed data and among these;
compound of interest can be developed and
tested. If such process is carried out manually
then it will be time consuming and tedious. But
use of computer reduces time hugely. [12, 13]
Molecular modeling and molecular graphics have
shown dramatic growth and are becoming
integral part of drug discovery process.
Molecular modeling is the generation,
manipulation and representation of three
dimensional form of molecule. Molecular
graphics refers to the use of computer graphics
to represent the molecular structure. In the past
synthetic chemists have used molecular models,
but computer modeling has enhanced the
detailed display of molecular structures.[14]
Various types of softwares are available, like[15]
AutoDock (The Scripps Research Institute),
CombiBUILD (Sandia National Labs), DockVision
(University of Alberta), HINT! (Virginia
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Commonwealth University), LIGPLOT (University
College of London), SITUS (Scripps Research
Institute), DOCK (UCSF Molecular Design
Institute), Sanjeevani (Indian Institute of
Technology, New Delhi), Bio-Suite (Tata
Consultancy Services Ltd.), Maestro, Macro Model
5.5, Delphi.
Some popular drugs are discovered by using
computer assisted drug design.[1] (Table - 1)
Table 1: Marketed Pharmaceuticals whose
discovery was assisted by computers
Generic
name
Brand
name
Year
approved
in United
States
Discovery
assisted
by
Activity
Norfloxacin Noroxin 1983 QSAR Antibacterial
Losartan Cozzar 1994 CADD
Anti-
hyeprtensive
Dorzolamide Truspot 1995
CADD/
SBDD
Antiglaucoma
Ritonavir Norvir 1996 CADD Antiviral
Indinavir Crixivan 1996 CADD Antivairal
Donepezil Aricept 1997 QSAR
Anti-
Alzheimer’s
Zolmitriptan Zomig 1997 CADD Animigraine
Nelfinavir Viracept 1997 SBDD Antiviral
Amprenavir Agenerase 1999 SBDD Antiviral
Zanamavir Relenza 1999 SBDD Antiviral
Oseltamavir Tamiflu 1999 SBDD Antiviral
Lopinavir Aluviran 2000 SBDD Antiviral
Imatinib Gleevec 2001 SBDD Antineoplastic
Erlotinib Tarceva 2004 SBDD Anineoplastic
Ximelagatran Exanta 2004 SBDD Anticoagulant
QSAR: Quantitative structure-activity relationship, CADD: Computer
Assisted Drug Design, SBDD: Structure Based Drug Design
COMPUTERS IN MANAGEMENT OF CLINICAL
TRIALS[1]
Clinical trials are the important part of current
drug development which provides information
about risk and benefits of any medication. Data
collection and management are very crucial in
clinical trials. The astonishing advancement in
computer hardware and software technology has
had tremendous impact on clinical trials data
collection and management. Before explosion of
information technology, clinical trials are relied
upon either manual method or somewhat on
computers. Softwares can be used for the trial
database, data collection/data entry,
randomization, registration, study management
tools, and statistical analysis.
Communication between volunteer and
physician is very important. Various computer
assisted methods can be utilized for
communication purpose like;
 e-mail
 Web-sites
 Video conferencing
E-clinical softwares
E-clinical softwares consist of integrated suits of
application s that support clinical research
process, including various ways of data
collection, data entry, remote data capture, batch
data load. These suites enable to quickly and
easily design studies, capture clinical data, some
examples of e-clinical softwares are
1. Oracle clinical V4i® from Oracle Corporation.
2. Data LabsXC® from Data labs, Inc.
3. Trial master® from Omnicomm systems.
4. Cliniplus® Data management from DZC
software solution, Inc.
5. Openclinica by Akaza research (Cambridge,
MA)
Pharmacokinetics is the science which deals with
the rate of absorption, metabolism, distribution
and elimination of drug and it’s metabolites in
the body. Pharmacokinetic analysis is basically
carried out to get information on renal clearance,
volume of distribution, metabolic deposition,
absorption and multiple dosing of drug. This
type of analysis can be carried out by using
different softwares.
Classically, long manual calculations had to be
performed and semilogarithmic paper was used
for drawing plots. Now the boring computations
can be left to the computer, and complicated
plots and semilogarithmic plots can be precisely
and quickly drawn. There are different
approaches to pharmacokinetics using
differential equations with the help of softwares.
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NONLIN is the software which allows you to o
perform statistical regression analyses to
estimate the values of parameters for linear,
multivariate, polynomial, and general nonlinear
functions. The regression analysis determines the
values of the parameters which cause the
function to best fit the observed data that you
provide.
KINPAK is software used to obtain Area under
curve (AUC), Peak plasma concentration (Cmax)
and peak plasma time (tmax)
ESTRIP and STRIPACT are programs which are
also used for mathematical analysis. These
softwares help in therapeutic drug monitoring of
patient.
Other softwares like SAS, SAM and BMDP are
used for calculation of regression analysis.[6]
COMPUTERS IN PUBLICATION[16, 17]
Publication of research work is an important
aspect in any field and pharmacy field is not
exception to it. Publishing research is a vital
element of researcher’s professional life.
However, writing is not every researcher’s
desired activity and the difficulty of getting a
paper published can be nerve-wracking.
However use of computers in writing and editing
makes it very effortless and versatile to prepare
and publish article. Computer may be required at
the different stages for the author, publisher and
reviewer.
Figure 2: Different steps of article preparation where computer applications are necessary
Required computer
to prepare and
submit article
Notify Author via
e-mail.
Reviewer can
directly read
article from
journal’s
website and
give
suggestions
as comments.
Published on
journal’s website.
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For writing paper, Microsoft word software is most
commonly used software which is available on
each computer and it is very easy to operate. Other
such programs are Notepad, WordPad. Microsoft
word provides numerous tools to carry out easy
typing and processing options for documents.
Microsoft word is provided with options like spell
check which automatically checks the spellings and
suggests the correct spelling, also corrects the
grammatical mistake, provided with option of
inserting page numbers, tables of required size,
graphics, footnotes and many more.
When it comes to publishing articles, conventional
ways are very tedious and time taking. But use of
computers and internet makes it very easy.
Internet can display the list of different journals by
just one click, their guidelines for writing research
paper and submission process. Internet provides
help to publisher to choose appropriate journal for
publishing his or her article. Submitting of the
article by use of internet is very easy and one step
process as compared to sending article via simple
mail which is time taking process. Most journals
today offer the opportunity to submit paper via
journals web site which is called as “electronic
submission” or “e-submission”. E-submission is
faster mode of submitting paper by just one click.
Publishers can also send back articles to the author
for corrections, if any, by e-mail. Publishers also
publish articles online which is free to review by
everyone and depending upon the number of
reviews for any article, publishers can also decide
rank for the article.
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Applications of computer_science_in_pharmacy

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  • 2. Shivraj Jadhav et al. Applications of Computer Science in Pharmacy National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy & Pharmacology | 2012 | Vol 2 | Issue 1 | 1 – 9 REVIEW ARTICLE Applications of Computer Science in Pharmacy: An Overview Shivraj Jadhav, Komal Nikam, Anand Gandhi, Narendra Shinde, Kishor Salunkhe ABSTRACT Computer is mandatory in this advanced era and pharmacy and related subjects are not exception to it. This review mainly focuses on the various applications, softwares and use of computers in pharmacy. Computer science and technology is deeply utilized in pharmacy field everywhere like in pharmacy colleges, pharmaceutical industries, research centers, hospital pharmacy and many more. Computer significantly reduces the time, expenditure, and manpower required for any kind of work. Development of various softwares makes it trouble-free to handle huge data. In short, computers are playing critical role in pharmacy field, without computers pharmacy research will be long-lasting and expensive. KEY WORDS: Computer Science; Softwares; Pharmacy; Research; Computer Applications; Pharmaceutical Industries Amrutvahini College of Pharmacy, Amrutnagar, Sangamner – 422 608 Correspondence to: Shivraj Jadhav (shiva.007ind@gmail.com) Received: 24.05.2011 Accepted: 10.10.2011
  • 3. Shivraj Jadhav et al. Applications of Computer Science in Pharmacy National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy & Pharmacology | 2012 | Vol 2 | Issue 1 | 1 – 9 Pharmacy field plays a crucial role in patient healthcare. It is a huge field which is present worldwide. To run pharmacy field professionally and efficiently, it requires huge management and manpower. But now a days use of computers in pharmacy field reduced the manpower and time. Computers are almost related to every corner of pharmacy field. These are utilized in the drug design technique, retail pharmacy shop, clinical research centers, crude drug identification, drug storage and business management, hospital and clinical pharmacy, in pharmacy colleges for computer assisted learning. Internet is huge collection of data. It is available in just one click. Various search engines like Google, Yahoo, Rediff, Bing help in searching online data related to pharmacy field just one have to enter his or her area of interest in search engine. In Pharmacy field, effective use of computers started from 1980. Since then there is great demand of computers in pharmacy field. Computers are having their own advantages like reduction in time, accuracy, reduction in man power, speed, multitasking, non-fatiguness, high memory, data storage and many more.[1] USE OF INTERNET IN PHARMACY Internet is collection of huge data. And this data is available for us in just a one click. Internet is useful tool in literature survey. Books are also available on the internet. Various research journals can be easily accessed via internet.[2] There are number of web-sites which are related to pharmacy field. Some of these web sites are as follows;[3] 1. www.phrma.org Organization representing America's pharmaceutical research companies provides details of drug development, industry news, and health guides. 2. www.healthcareforums.com Created to facilitate interaction among healthcare professionals on specific topics which includes discussion of cases, research and other relevant issues. 3. www.astra.com This is official web-site of ASTRA pharmaceuticals which produces medications for respiratory tract, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal diseases, and for pain relief. Includes press releases. 4. www.biogen.com Company principally engaged in developing genetically-engineered human pharmaceuticals. With career advice, and drug information. 5. www.gene.com Develops pharmaceuticals mostly for the treatment of genetic disorders. Includes a listing of the major drugs and their uses. 6. www.genzyme.com Company that specializes in biotechnology and health care products. With career, product, and services information. 7. www.pfizer.com/main.html Find out about research projects and career opportunities at this Pfizer pharmaceuticals. Includes health education and pharmaceutical advice section. 8. www.roche.com Roche produces pharmaceuticals and products for treatment of HIV, obesity and cardiac conditions. Offers news and company information. 9. www.pharmweb.net/pwmirror/pwk/pharm webk.html Listing of international pharmaceutical regulatory bodies including the US Food and Drug Administration. 10. http://www.druginfonet.com Drug information, disease information, Ask the Expert, Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Information, Healthcare news and information, Medical References / libraries. 11. http://www.fda.gov/default.htm Useful for checking adverse reaction reports for dietary supplements and drug interactions. The Orange book approved drug products is also available on-line here, as well as orphan drug products (with links to other web-sites for rare disease/orphan product information). Contains an alphabetical listing of drugs licensed in the US and the corresponding package inserts.
  • 4. Shivraj Jadhav et al. Applications of Computer Science in Pharmacy National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy & Pharmacology | 2012 | Vol 2 | Issue 1 | 1 – 9 Lists the latest information on drug recalls, drug shortages, and changes in labeling 12. www.ijpc.com Alphabetical Index of formulations found in the International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding. Specialty articles on compounding 13. http://www.pharmainfo.com Pharmaceutical News, Pharmaceutical Articles, and Pharmaceutical blogs 14. www.fda.gov/cvm/ Searchable listing provides facts and figures on all animal drug products approved by the FDA. 15. www.aaps.org Information on officers, activities and membership from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists 16. http://www.sciencedirect.com Contains research and review articles related to pharmacy field USE OF COMPUTERS IN RETAIL PHARMACY SHOP Computers are used by community pharmacist for various functions. Some accounting functions are like preparation of prescription label, providing a receipt for patient, generation a hard copy record of transactions, calculating total prescription cost, automatically ordering the low quantity products via electronic transitions, preparation of annual withholding payrolls. Managerial functions include generation of multiple sales analysis for a day, month, weak and to date for number of prescriptions handled and amounts in cash. Estimation of profits and financial ration analysis, calculation of number of prescription handled per unit time, printing of billing and payment details. [4, 5] Computers can be effectively used for purchasing and inventory control in retail pharmacy shops. Whenever an item is added to the stock or removed from the stock, immediately position of the stock can be updated by computers. For annual auditing, records of numerous items are required; this can be easily handled by using various computer softwares. Billing process can also be computerized. Demands of various products can be easily evaluated by using computers by tracking the movements of stock. Complete search of the drug information is necessary for the pharmacist to satisfy the queries about pharmacological actions, drug interactions, adverse drug reactions, toxicology. This search job is simplified by use of computers. The computerized information recovery is time saving and satisfying with the extra advantage of more detailed and timely than manual search. For gathering of information international data banks are available such as World standard drug database, Drug bank, MEDLARS (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System) and DIALOG.[6] Drug Bank database is a unique bioinformatics and cheminformatics resource that combines detailed drug (chemical, pharmacological and pharmaceutical) data with comprehensive drug target (sequence, structure, and pathway) information. The database contains 6826 drug entries including 1431 FDA-approved small molecule drugs, 133 FDA-approved biotech (protein/peptide) drugs, 83 nutraceuticals. Additionally, 4435 non-redundant protein (i.e. drug target/enzyme/transporter/carrier) sequences are linked to these drug entries.[6] MEDLARS (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System) are a computerized biomedical bibliographic retrieval system. It was launched by the National Library of Medicine in 1964 and was the first large scale, computer based, retrospective search service available to the general public. In 1971 an online version called MEDLINE ("MEDLARS Online") became available. Along with this pharmacist can maintain all the record related to the patient, his/ her history, disease state, interactions shown by medicine which will be useful to the pharmacist while dispensing the medicine to that patient next time. HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL PHARMACY Hospital pharmacy is division of hospital which monitors on the receiving and allotment of drugs
  • 5. Shivraj Jadhav et al. Applications of Computer Science in Pharmacy National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy & Pharmacology | 2012 | Vol 2 | Issue 1 | 1 – 9 and medicines and professional supplies, stores them and dispenses to inpatient, outpatient and may have a manufacturing extension to manufacture pharmaceuticals and parenteral in bulk. Clinical pharmacy is the branch of Pharmacy where pharmacists and pharmacon omists provide patient care that optimizes the use of medication and promotes health, wellness, and disease prevention.[2] Patient record maintenance is vital job in hospitals but with the help of computers, data can be maintained easily and also updated time to time. Maintenance of stock means inventory control can be achieved very well by using computers. For this purpose, periodic or perpetual inventory control systems may be adapted. Computers can play role like,[2, 7]  To detect the items which have reached minimum order level.  To prepare list of items to be purchased and their quantities.  To prepare purchase orders for vendors and to avoid duplication.  To detect the infrequently purchased items for possible return or elimination from pharmacy’s drug supply.  To produce periodic summary and purchasing and inventory control statistics.  Maintaining patient medical record.  Drug information services.  Patient monitoring. Softwares like Microsoft Excel are useful in maintenance of all type of numerical data. Clinical pharmacist may use computers for therapeutic drug monitoring; which are very potent and having very narrow therapeutic range like cardiac glycosides, anticonvulsants. Computer program are designed to calculate drug dosage to suit individual patients need. Apart from this, drug interactions may be screened by using programs like MEDIPHOR (monitoring and Evaluating of Drug interactions by a pharmacy oriented reporting) and PAD (Pharmacy Automated Drug Interaction Screening).[6] COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION Computers and information technology have become essential to pharmacy field education and teaching. Various methods getting integrated in teaching process. “Chalk to talk” approach is changing to the “Display and deliver” approach. Use of multimedia packages, hypertext video chats, web based education, multimedia based education, intelligent tutoring system, digital libraries, simulation laboratories, tele-education are finding place in normal teaching process at post graduate as well as undergraduate level and it is increasing day by day. Sensible use of computers in imparting education to pharmacy student has been found attractive and satisfying. “Computer Aided Learning” (CAL) is becoming an important part of education system.[8] CAL system has its own vital merits as follows;  It is well structured that means information is well organized and readily accessible to user.  CAL system is individualized which allows user to work privately and without any interference.  Elegant way to present information through graphics, animation which is attractive.  Rapid response to user’s queries.  It is enjoyable as it overcomes tradition approach of blackboard and most of times one way communication.  User satisfaction can be achieved as it can be used multiple times.  It is convenient as it can be used at home or work place.  Dynamic means its content can be easily modified and upgraded depending upon current information.  It is self-evaluating, resource effective, dependable, simulative and numerically judicious. Along with CAL, distance learning, digital libraries, e-learning are another important applications of computers for education.
  • 6. Shivraj Jadhav et al. Applications of Computer Science in Pharmacy National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy & Pharmacology | 2012 | Vol 2 | Issue 1 | 1 – 9 E-learning[8] E-learning is commonly referred to the intentional use of networked information and communications technology in teaching and learning. A number of other terms are also applied to e-learning like online learning, virtual learning, distributed learning, network and web based learning. There are four basic models for e- learning as follows; Figure 1: Models for e-learning a. Individualized self-paced e-learning online refers to situations where an individual learner is accessing learning resources such as a database or course content online via an Intranet. A typical example of this is a learner studying alone or conducting some research on the Internet or a local network. b. Individualized self-paced e-learning offline refers to situations where an individual learner is using learning resources such as a database or a computer-assisted learning package offline (i.e., while not connected to an Intranet). An example of this is a learner working alone off a hard drive, a CD or DVD. c. Group-based e-learning synchronously refers to situations where groups of learners are working together in real time via an Intranet. It may include text-based conferencing, and one or two-way audio and videoconferencing. Examples of this include learners engaged in a real-time chat or an audio-videoconference. d. Group-based e-learning asynchronously refers to situations where groups of learners are working over an Intranet, where exchanges among participants occur with a time delay (i.e., not in real time). Typical examples of this kind of activity include on-line discussions via electronic mailing lists and text-based conferencing within learning managements systems. Digital Libraries[9, 10] Digital libraries are an electronic collection of real or virtual resources which is available anywhere in the world online or offline. Digital Libraries have received large interest in the recent years because they allow access to digital information from anywhere across the world. They have become widely accepted and even preferred information sources in areas of education, science and others. The speedy expansion of Internet and the increasing interest in development of digital library related technologies and collections helped to speed up the digitization of printed documents in the past few years. There are several advantages of digital libraries as; 1. Minimizing storage space. 2. Cutting down the cost of library maintenance and resource distribution. 3. Information which cannot be provided in printed format can be presented by using digital libraries like audio and videos. 4. Easy for distribution via internet, Compact disk (CD) and Digital Versatile Disk (DVD). 5. Less time required to search specific things i.e. within a matter of seconds. 6. Multiple accesses. Beside these aspects computers are finding their place in classrooms for the purpose of presenting data in the form of Power-points, which allows easy understanding for the student by using graphics, animation and attractive presentation. Students are also using various computer programs for completing their projects, assignments. Individualsed self placed e-learning online Individualsed self placed e-learning ofline Group based e-learning synchronously Group based e-learning asynchronously Basic models for e-learning
  • 7. Shivraj Jadhav et al. Applications of Computer Science in Pharmacy National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy & Pharmacology | 2012 | Vol 2 | Issue 1 | 1 – 9 Pharmacology is branch which is mainly concerned with the drug action on organism (Pharmacodynamic) and effect of organism’s body on drug (Pharmacokinetic). Various types of experiments are done in study of drug on animal models. In the pharmacy colleges also in routine practicals experiments on animals or animal parts are involved. After doing such experiments there is need to support result with numeric data. For such purpose various tests like ANOVA, Student’s ‘t’ tests, Chi square test are need to be carried out. These tests require very lengthy calculation which is time consuming. For performing these tests there are certain softwares in which you have to just feed values and results are generated within seconds. List of such softwares is as follows;  XLSTAT  OpenStat  Prism  SAS (Statistical analytical softwares)  Minitab  Excel  SYSTAT  MYSTAT Computer assisted learning (CAL) in pharmacology is also getting popularity in these days. For doing practical, many of animals are killed every year. Such experiments can be presented to the students using computer assistance which save life of animal as well as time.[11] Computer assisted learning has found to be having number of advantages as; 1. Learning through animated models, which is very interesting for students. 2. By running program again and again same topic can be revised number of times and when required. 3. For teachers, it also becomes very easy to explain particular topic via animation. COMPUTERS IN PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYSIS Computers in pharmaceutical analysis are mainly utilized for data storage, processing of data, searching of various files. Also various instruments like UV Visible spectrophotometer, Infra red instrument, HPLC, Microscopes, Mass spectrometer come along with particular softwares. These softwares do all necessary process required for analysis purpose. Also these programs contain in built libraries which prove useful for searching of data related to different chemical entities. For example if a mass spectrum of any unknown chemical is obtained then instructions can be given to the program to find out similar mass spectrum among the library which is present in it, which will help to find out unknown chemical entity. For interpretation of IR spectra commercial software packages are available. Sadtler Standard infra-red collection and Sadtler commercial infrared collection contain over 1,20,000 spectra.[6] COMPUTER ADDED DRUG DESIGN Drug design, also sometimes referred to as rational drug design, is the inventive process of finding new medications based on the knowledge of the biological target. This type of drug design can be assisted by computer softwares. Software will generate number of lead molecules depending upon the feed data and among these; compound of interest can be developed and tested. If such process is carried out manually then it will be time consuming and tedious. But use of computer reduces time hugely. [12, 13] Molecular modeling and molecular graphics have shown dramatic growth and are becoming integral part of drug discovery process. Molecular modeling is the generation, manipulation and representation of three dimensional form of molecule. Molecular graphics refers to the use of computer graphics to represent the molecular structure. In the past synthetic chemists have used molecular models, but computer modeling has enhanced the detailed display of molecular structures.[14] Various types of softwares are available, like[15] AutoDock (The Scripps Research Institute), CombiBUILD (Sandia National Labs), DockVision (University of Alberta), HINT! (Virginia
  • 8. Shivraj Jadhav et al. Applications of Computer Science in Pharmacy National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy & Pharmacology | 2012 | Vol 2 | Issue 1 | 1 – 9 Commonwealth University), LIGPLOT (University College of London), SITUS (Scripps Research Institute), DOCK (UCSF Molecular Design Institute), Sanjeevani (Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi), Bio-Suite (Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.), Maestro, Macro Model 5.5, Delphi. Some popular drugs are discovered by using computer assisted drug design.[1] (Table - 1) Table 1: Marketed Pharmaceuticals whose discovery was assisted by computers Generic name Brand name Year approved in United States Discovery assisted by Activity Norfloxacin Noroxin 1983 QSAR Antibacterial Losartan Cozzar 1994 CADD Anti- hyeprtensive Dorzolamide Truspot 1995 CADD/ SBDD Antiglaucoma Ritonavir Norvir 1996 CADD Antiviral Indinavir Crixivan 1996 CADD Antivairal Donepezil Aricept 1997 QSAR Anti- Alzheimer’s Zolmitriptan Zomig 1997 CADD Animigraine Nelfinavir Viracept 1997 SBDD Antiviral Amprenavir Agenerase 1999 SBDD Antiviral Zanamavir Relenza 1999 SBDD Antiviral Oseltamavir Tamiflu 1999 SBDD Antiviral Lopinavir Aluviran 2000 SBDD Antiviral Imatinib Gleevec 2001 SBDD Antineoplastic Erlotinib Tarceva 2004 SBDD Anineoplastic Ximelagatran Exanta 2004 SBDD Anticoagulant QSAR: Quantitative structure-activity relationship, CADD: Computer Assisted Drug Design, SBDD: Structure Based Drug Design COMPUTERS IN MANAGEMENT OF CLINICAL TRIALS[1] Clinical trials are the important part of current drug development which provides information about risk and benefits of any medication. Data collection and management are very crucial in clinical trials. The astonishing advancement in computer hardware and software technology has had tremendous impact on clinical trials data collection and management. Before explosion of information technology, clinical trials are relied upon either manual method or somewhat on computers. Softwares can be used for the trial database, data collection/data entry, randomization, registration, study management tools, and statistical analysis. Communication between volunteer and physician is very important. Various computer assisted methods can be utilized for communication purpose like;  e-mail  Web-sites  Video conferencing E-clinical softwares E-clinical softwares consist of integrated suits of application s that support clinical research process, including various ways of data collection, data entry, remote data capture, batch data load. These suites enable to quickly and easily design studies, capture clinical data, some examples of e-clinical softwares are 1. Oracle clinical V4i® from Oracle Corporation. 2. Data LabsXC® from Data labs, Inc. 3. Trial master® from Omnicomm systems. 4. Cliniplus® Data management from DZC software solution, Inc. 5. Openclinica by Akaza research (Cambridge, MA) Pharmacokinetics is the science which deals with the rate of absorption, metabolism, distribution and elimination of drug and it’s metabolites in the body. Pharmacokinetic analysis is basically carried out to get information on renal clearance, volume of distribution, metabolic deposition, absorption and multiple dosing of drug. This type of analysis can be carried out by using different softwares. Classically, long manual calculations had to be performed and semilogarithmic paper was used for drawing plots. Now the boring computations can be left to the computer, and complicated plots and semilogarithmic plots can be precisely and quickly drawn. There are different approaches to pharmacokinetics using differential equations with the help of softwares.
  • 9. Shivraj Jadhav et al. Applications of Computer Science in Pharmacy National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy & Pharmacology | 2012 | Vol 2 | Issue 1 | 1 – 9 NONLIN is the software which allows you to o perform statistical regression analyses to estimate the values of parameters for linear, multivariate, polynomial, and general nonlinear functions. The regression analysis determines the values of the parameters which cause the function to best fit the observed data that you provide. KINPAK is software used to obtain Area under curve (AUC), Peak plasma concentration (Cmax) and peak plasma time (tmax) ESTRIP and STRIPACT are programs which are also used for mathematical analysis. These softwares help in therapeutic drug monitoring of patient. Other softwares like SAS, SAM and BMDP are used for calculation of regression analysis.[6] COMPUTERS IN PUBLICATION[16, 17] Publication of research work is an important aspect in any field and pharmacy field is not exception to it. Publishing research is a vital element of researcher’s professional life. However, writing is not every researcher’s desired activity and the difficulty of getting a paper published can be nerve-wracking. However use of computers in writing and editing makes it very effortless and versatile to prepare and publish article. Computer may be required at the different stages for the author, publisher and reviewer. Figure 2: Different steps of article preparation where computer applications are necessary Required computer to prepare and submit article Notify Author via e-mail. Reviewer can directly read article from journal’s website and give suggestions as comments. Published on journal’s website.
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