Types of pharmacy,Industrial pharmacy&community pharmacy, pharmaceutics lec2

Types of Pharmacy (Specialties)
There are different specialties of pharmacy as following:
• Industrial Pharmacy
Retail pharmacy
• Community Pharmacy wholesale pharmacy
• Hospital Pharmacy
• Forensic Pharmacy
• Clinical Pharmacy
• Compounding Pharmacy
• Dispensing Pharmacy
1. Industrial Pharmacy
Industrial pharmacy is the fundamental backbone of pharmacy profession it is an
institution where medicines are manufactured on industrial scale.
Firstly in Pakistan the medicines are prepares manually. Due to recent scientific
advances semi-automatic machines replace the manual work.
Any pharmaceutical industry mainly contains the following departments.
i. Production Section
It is the section of pharmaceutical industries where medicines are formulated and
manufacture according to specification. Production section can be divided into
following departments
• Tablet section
• Capsule Section
• Injectable section
• Syrup section
ii. Ware House
It is an important section of any industry where raw material and finished products
are stored.
iii. Quality control section
It is the section of any industry where the quality of raw material and finished
product are properly checked.
iv. Research and development Section
The basic function of this section in pharmaceutical industry is to discover,
develop and synthesize new medicines or work on the improvement of existing
medicines.
v. Administration
It is the section which is considers being the back bone of pharmaceutical industry.
This section is responsible of managing all the matters of the industry.
2. Community Pharmacy
It is one of the pillars of pharmacy profession; in this specialty we provide the
pharmaceutical services at community level.
Goals of any community pharmacy are:
• To provide quality medicine to general public
• Provide guidance and counseling regarding medication and vaccination
• Organized health camps
• Organized health talks and seminars
Community pharmacy divided into following parts
i. Retail Pharmacy
It is the business oriented type of pharmacy where medicines are taken from
distributors or whole sellers and provided to general public on fixed percentage of
profit.
ii. Whole Sale Pharmacy
It is the business oriented type of pharmacy where the medicines are taken from
manufacturer and distribute to the medical stores, pharmacies and hospitals in bulk
3. Forensic Pharmacy
The branch of pharmacy that deals with the study of drug laws is known as
forensic pharmacy. The forensic pharmacy deals with the legal aspects of
pharmacy practice. The aspects on which forensic stress down are following.
• Duties and responsibilities of all government authorities.
• How to register new drug industry or institute
• How to obtain license to manufacturer purchase and sale drugs/medicine.
4. Hospital pharmacy
Hospital is an institute where ill patients are treated. The hospital pharmacy is the
department or institution of any hospital where the pharmacy practice has been
done. The pharmacist working in hospital pharmacy is known as hospital
pharmacist.
on a fixed percentage of profit.
3. Forensic Pharmacy
The branch of pharmacy that deals with the study of drug laws is known as
forensic pharmacy. The forensic pharmacy deals with the legal aspects of
pharmacy practice. The aspects on which forensic stress down are following.
• Duties and responsibilities of all government authorities.
• How to register new drug industry or institute
• How to obtain license to manufacturer purchase and sale drugs/medicine.
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4. Hospital pharmacy
Hospital is an institute where ill patients are treated. The hospital pharmacy is the
department or institution of any hospital where the pharmacy practice has been
done. The pharmacist working in hospital pharmacy is known as hospital
pharmacist.
Types of pharmacy,Industrial pharmacy&community pharmacy, explaination with easy notes