Pharmacists play a key role in many areas of healthcare and medicine. They work in community pharmacies dispensing prescriptions and providing medical advice to the public. In hospitals, pharmacists maintain medical records and ensure safe and effective use of medications. Academic pharmacists educate future pharmacists and other healthcare professionals. Pharmacists also work in areas like herbal medicine, medicinal chemistry, research and development, and regulatory agencies to develop new drugs and set safety policies. Overall, pharmacists are experts in medication who work across many fields to improve public health.

1. Rajiv Academy for Pharmacy, Mathura
Presentation ID:-
RAP/OP01/0107
ROLE OF PHARMACIST
IN SOCIETY
Aman chaudhary
(B, Pharm IV year)
World Pharmacist Day 25th September 2023
Rajiv Academy For Pharmacy, Mathura

2. WHO IS PHARMACIST?
In general, Pharmacists, also known as chemists or druggists, are healthcare
professionals who practice in pharmacy, the field of health sciences focusing on safe
and effective medication use.
Pharmacist is one who is educated and licence to prepare drugs and to provide drugs
with related information to the public.
Apart from this, Pharmacist is the one who deals with all the fields related to
medicine, They are expert on the action and uses of drugs, including their chemistry,
pharmacology, the formulation of medicines(An expert on drugs).
From cultivation of medicinal plant, Extraction, Synthesis, Clinical and non clinical
experiments, Dispensing, monitoring, Pharmacovigilance.

3. Role Of Pharmacist
COMMUNITY
PHARMACY
HOSPITAL
PHARMACY
ACADEMIC
PHARMACY
HERBAL
PHARMACY
MEDICINAL
CHEMISTRY
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRIAL
PHARMACY
REGULATORY
PHARMACY
OTHERS

4. COMMUNITY PHARMACY & HOSPITAL PHARMACY
 Community pharmacy means any place under the direct supervision of a pharmacist
where prescription orders are compounded and dispensed.
 Frontline of healthcare; Bridge between General Physician, Nurses, other health
professionals and Public.
 checking dosage and ensuring that medicines are correctly and safely supplied and labelled.
 counselling and advising the public on the treatment of minor ailments.
 Hospital pharmacy is the organistion or department of the hospital to manage the
procurement, storage, preservation, packaging, sterilization, compounding, preparation,
dispensing or distribution of medicine in the hospital.
 Maintains MEDICAL RECORDS, influence the SELECTION OF DRUGS and dosage
regimens, monitor patient compliance and therapeutic response to drugs, and to recognize
and report ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS.
 Educate other health professionals about the rational use of drugs and Focus on patient
safety.

5. Academic pharmacists educate, train, asses and develop pharmacy students, pharmacists and
other healthcare professionals.
They supervise in scientific research, publishing journals and involve in administrative
activities.
A well skilled Manpower produced from Good institutes and good Researchers.
Produces the skilled pharmacist to fulfil the future demand of the market.
Academician give proper education and ethical knowledge in pharmaceutical practices.
ACADEMIC PHARMACY

6. HERBAL PHARMACY
Herbal pharmacy involves the medicinal use of plants to treat disease and enhance general
health and wellbeing.
Identification of herbal product for the particular disease.
Cultivation, harvesting, Extraction and purification of Active ingredients.
Formulation in dosage Form.
Research in Phytochemistry.
Current trend is shifting toward herbal medicine($6 billion global market).
Reference - Ayruveda, Chinese medicinal System, Unani and Siddha medicine.

7. MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Medicinal chemists are focused on DRUG DISCOVERY and development and are
concerned with the isolation of medicinal agents found in plants, as well as the creation of
new synthetic drug compounds.
Theoretical chemistry (structure-activity relationships).
Phytochemistry.
Computer Aided Drug design.
Synthesis.
Purification.
Identification and Analysis.

8. RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT
 Pharmacist provide an invaluable interface in this process by liasing with scientists
and clinicians across the development arena.
 Research in- Chemistry, Pharmacology, Toxicologist, Microbiologists,
Biopharmacists, Clinical and Non-Clinical Research, New drug application, Generic
medicine development, patients compliance.
 Pharmacist graduate are invaluable resources in clinical research because of their
in-depth knowledge of drug interactions, doses, and side effects.

9. REGULATORY PHARMACY
 Regulatory pharmacy is also known as Government pharmacy and is responsible for
creating rules and regulations for the safe use of medicine to promote positive health
outcomes.
 Regulatory pharmacists helps to ensure that pharmaceutical regulations are met.
 It include-
a) Health and drug policies
b) Regulatory and enforcement agencies
c) Educational policy
d) Professional registration authorities
e) International agencies and professional bodies.

10. HAPPY PHARMACIST DAY