The document outlines the significance of community pharmacy, detailing its definition, history, and development in both international and Indian contexts. It emphasizes the role of community pharmacists in patient care, medication dispensing, and health monitoring, as well as the evolution of regulations governing pharmacy practice. The document also highlights the disparities in pharmacist education and the issues surrounding drug sales in India.

1. Community Pharmacy & Management
Dr. Kolpe Institute of Pharmacy, Kolpewadi
Second Year D. Pharmacy
Notes for Chapter one of
Mr. Vijay R. Gaikwad
Community Pharmacy Practice – Definition, history and development
of community pharmacy- International and Indian scenarios

2.  Patient Care
 Providing drug information
 Monitoring & counselling
 Safety & efficacy
 Ordering & dispensing medication
 Introduction
• Community pharmacy is a branch of pharmacy that deals with varied areas of patient
care, drug dispensing, and advising patient on safe and rational use of drug.
• Community pharmacy is also known as retail pharmacy.
• A Community pharmacist should have good communication skills to interact with patients
and healthcare providers.
• WHO defines community pharmacist as a fairly good, trained health care professional who
act as a vital link between the case and the prescriber.

3.  History
• In the 20th
Century, the government shows greater control and regulation of pharmacy and
healthcare in general. Thus CP became engaged in drug information services mediator to
both patient and doctors, health screening services, monitoring of drug.
• Before 1948 Act many people were selling drugs without any drug license and this was not
a crime. After Drugs and Cosmetic Act 1948 enforced, it was compulsory that the
pharmacist are working in India, must have a Pharmacist Registration Certificate issued
by the state in which they wish to practice, but no qualification was required.
• In all the countries, a diploma in pharmacy (D. Pharm), bachelor of pharmacy (B. Pharm),
doctor of pharmacy (pharm D) degree is the minimum qualification required to register
and practice as a community pharmacists.

4.  Development
• Newly graduated pharmacists today accept the responsibility of maintaining patient
medication records, counselling patients about their medication, diet and other lifestyle
modifications, and offering health screening services.
• Today pharmacists are giving services as medical counselor, educators, compounder, and
also dispense the prescribed and non prescribed drugs.
• People want to go to pharmacists for primary care because they are easily available and no
appointment required , and their services are economical.

5.  International scenario
• In England there are about 11700 community pharmacies and 106 million people visit them
every day.
• In the USA, the omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1990 (OBRA-90) established the
pharmacists responsibility to ensure that drug therapy is as safe and effective as possible.
• UAE is one of the countries in the middle east’s gulf corporation council. It was founded as
a constitutional federation on December 2nd, 1971.
• About 2.8% of the GDP in the UAE is spent on healthcare. In addition to the UAE’s
considerable revenue.
• Today, community pharmacist play an important role in any country as they take
responsibility for patient’s medicine related needs.

6.  Indian scenario
• In pre- independence India, community pharmacies were opened as chemists and druggists
based on the western pattern.
• After independence, the pharmacy council of India (PCI) was constituted in 1949 under
section 3 of the pharmacy act, to regulate pharmacy education and practice in India.
• A two- year diploma in pharmacy (D Pharm ) was established as the minimum
qualification necessary for an individual to register and practice as a pharmacist.
• Nowadays, In India there are about 600000 licensed retail stores for selling and supplying
the medication but all the registered pharmacists don't have sufficient knowledge about
medicine, diseases and practicing, which is very dangerous for Indians.
• There is a problem in India to break the rules . In India all the drugs even those listed in
schedule H of drugs and cosmetic Act are sold without prescription.

7. Study, cause you still have a chance!
Dr. Kolpe Institute of Pharmacy, Kolpewadi
Mr. Vijay R. Gaikwad