Various career options after D. and B. Pharmacy are mentioned

1. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN
PHARMACY
JOB & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
DR. SACHIN ASHOK PISHAWIKAR

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4. Some of the top professional job roles for D Pharmacy students are:
•Junior Clinical Research Associate (CRA)
•Data Analyst
•Pharmacist
•Pharmacist in Charge
•Clinical Pharmacist
•Hospital Pharmacy Director
•Hospital Staff Pharmacist
•Assistant Professor
•Sales and Marketing Executive
•Food and Drug Administration
•Retail Pharmacist
•Retail Staff Pharmacist
•Pharmacologist
•Clinical Research Associate (CRA)
•Business Development Manager
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5. Career Scope for Pharmacy professionals
A career in the pharmaceutical sciences is full of opportunities. Mentioned below
are some of the options a pharmacy professional can venture into:
R & D: Research of new drugs, process development, formulation, development,
clinical trials and Toxicological Studies.
• New Drug Discovery Research (NDDR)
• Process Development (P&D)
• Formulation & Development (F&D)
• Analytical Method Development ( A & D)
Analysis and Testing:
• Analysis and testing go hand in hand with this industry specially in order to
maintain a proper Quality control (QC) and Quality Assurance (QA).
• For the same highly skilled staff is required by companies to handle sensitive
analytical dealings and sophisticated equipment.
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6. Production and Manufacturing: The options of working in production and
manufacturing are huge.
Marketing:
The Pharmaceuticals sales and marketing is considered to be a highly technical
arena and hence one of the best when it comes to perks.
Hospital Pharmacist
Another opening for a Pharmacy professional is as a "Registered Pharmacist" in
the hospitals or drug stores.
Community Pharmacist:
Through the services of community pharmacy a Pharmacist becomes a vital link
between the patients and the products i.e., drugs. The pharmacist also serves a
vital link between the patients and other healthcare professionals, especially the
medical experts.
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7. Regulatory Bodies:
• There are bodies that control and regulate medicines. FDA is the regulatory
body that deals with governing and implementing the rules and regulations
for the Drug and Pharmaceutical industry.
• The post of Drug Inspector, Asst. Drug Controller, Deputy Drug Controller,
Drug Controller of state and finally D.C. I. (Drug Controller of India) is an
option one can aspire for.
Pharmacovigilance
Pharmacovigilance is a pharmacological science that helps in prevention of side-
effects from medicines to the patients.
So, in this profile, you need to go through research, do monitoring, assessment
and eventually do a thorough evaluation of all the findings.
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8. Clinical Pharmacy
Clinical Trials, Bioequivalence studies, Toxicological Studies
Regulatory Affairs
Regulatory body govern and implement the rules and regulations for the Drug &
Pharma industry in specific country.
Documentation, Library Information Services & Pharma Journalism
The Regulatory Affairs as well as, Patenting Processes and Issues involve a lot of
documentation work to be done and submitted to the concerned Regulatory
Authorities, in a highly specialized and technical manner.
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9. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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10. • Before you start your business journey you should know that business
is not like a job.
• If you want money then you have to work for it.
• No fixed salary or income is there.
• You have to create your own destiny.
Due to the lack of business knowledge, most of them become
unsuccessful in their entrepreneurial journey.
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11. LET'S KNOW THE IDEAS TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR
AFTER PHARMACY
 Pharmacy store
 Franchise pharmacy store
 Franchise Clinic: Apollo Clinic, Lifecare Clinic, etc
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12.  Manufacturing of saline water
 Extraction of Phytoconstituents
 Repackaging of pharma products
 Chemical & Equipment supplier
 Healthcare/medicine related talk show/Information
Centre
 Surgical product supply
 Vaccine Supply
 Import and sale of medical equipment
 Medical Coding
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13. Pharmacy store Franchise pharmacy
store
Franchise Clinic Wholesale of
medicine1
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14. Online pharmacy
store Manufacturing of
medicines
Manufacturing of
cottonwool
Manufacturing of
saline water
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15. Repackaging of pharma
products Surgical product
supply
Medical
Coding
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