The development of IP was started to promote public health by bringing out authoritative and officially accepted standards for the quality of drugs including active pharmaceutical ingredients, excipients, dosage forms and medical…
The United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary (USP-NF) is an official public standards-setting authority for all prescription and over–the–counter medicines and other healthcare products manufactured or sold in the Unite…
Pharmacy (from the Greek 'pharmakon' = drug) is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences, and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of medication. Scope of Pharma…
Pharmacy (from the Greek 'pharmakon' = drug) is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences, and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of medication. It was in the …
The Generic Drugs Advisory Committee is to advise on the safety and effectiveness of human generic drug products for use in treating "a broad spectrum of human diseases." The Drug Abuse Advisory Committee, with a broa…
The pharmacist is responsible to the institution and the principal investigator for seeing that procedures for control of the investigational drugs should be developed and implemented. Pharmacists should follow the following guid…
One simple classification, which can be adapted to any hospital research program, is to categorize: 1. Class A: Should contain all investigational use drugs that are in a preliminary experimental stage. The use of the drug i…
The three levels of analysis for effective control over inventories are: • Overall analysis • Category analysis • Individual item analysis The management should fix a target for each category of items according to …
Purchasing is a basic function in the material management department. Professional expertise is required to be exercised to obtain materials of proper quality and in proper quantity. The basic purpose of purchasing is to ensure a…
Drug stores are defined as a sub-organization in any hospital where materials obtained are held in abeyance till inspected, approved, and stocked. A store should have a standard specification of materials and since the stores pro…