This document discusses the role of Pharm Ds in improving the pharmaceutical industry. It begins with an introduction to the Pharm D degree, which is a six-year program in India involving courses in various medical and scientific fields. The document then outlines several roles Pharm Ds can have, including in regulatory affairs, site management, formulation, price fixing, and marketing. It provides details on the responsibilities in regulatory affairs, formulation research, pharmacokinetics research, and considerations around drug price and pharmacoeconomics. Finally, it lists some positions in the pharmaceutical industry suited for Pharm Ds.
1. Pharm D role
in improving
Pharma
Industries
Venture
By;
Dr. K. ARUNRAJ, Pharm.D.
2. Introduction to Pharm D
➢ Pharm D is short form of “Doctor of Pharmacy.” It is the professional
Pharmacy doctoral program. In India, it is a total six years program after
10+2
➢The academic study includes one year of Anatomy & physiology, Micro
biology, Chemistry, formulation, med-chemistry, Pharma-cognosy,
Hospital Pharmacy, Community Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy,
Biostatistics and Research Methodology, Clinical Toxicology, Clinical
Research, Pharmacoepidemiology, Pharmacoeconomics, Clinical
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacotherapeutic Drug Monitoring and two
years of Pharmacology, Three years of Pharmacotherapeutics and
Pathophysiology.
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Library of Medicine )
4. Regulatory Affairs:
• The regulatory affairs oversees how drugs, and
medical products are developed, tested, manufactured,
marketed, and distributed to certify that they meet
regulatory standards for human use.
• Regulatory affairs professionals are responsible for
ensuring manufacturers’ compliance with applicable
global legislative and regulatory requirements at each
stage of product development. In the drug, medical
device, and biologic product industries, these phases
include: research and development, clinical trials,
regulatory submissions, manufacturing, marketing,
distribution, reimbursement, and post-market
surveillance.
Pre clinical
and clinical
trails
Marketing
and post-
marketing
Manufactu
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Licensing
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REGULATORY AFFAIRS:
CAREERS AND TRENDS
By Shayna Joubert | January 3,
2018
7. Drug price and Pharmacoeconomics
1. Pharmacoeconomics is vitally important to drug manufacturers in terms
of communicating to external decision-makers (payers, prescribers,
patients) the value of their products, achieving regulatory and
reimbursement approval and contributing to commercial success.
2. Since development of new drugs is long, costly and risky.
3. The use of pharmacoeconomics in early development phases is likely to
enhance the efficiency of R&D resource use and also provide a solid
foundation for communicating product value to external decision-
makers further downstream, increasing the likelihood of regulatory
(reimbursement) approval and commercial success.
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