Mohi's first blogpost_About pharmacy profession
I welcome all the readers of this blog
whether they belong to pharmacy profession or any other related field. The initiative
taken by Pharma literati is to be applauded and genuflected and I am agog to
write for this blog in future and especially for the
upliftment of pharmacy professionals from my beautiful
valley called Kashmir. A very minute and small contribution from
each one of us should bring laurels to the field of pharmacy. It is always that
single drops contribute for making oceans.
Since the inception of pharmacy from 9th
century from Middle East the profession of pharmacy has undergone so many
changes. And overall scenario lies that India is going to emerge as super power in pharmaceutical industry by the year 2020.
I hope this Vision 2020 is 100% up to our expectations and prognostications
from economists.
Greeks were the patrons of pharmacy and
all the pharma knowing people might be well aware of this fact that word
pharmacy originated from word PHARMAKON. The schism of pharmacy from medicine
took place in 19th century and since then it has travelled a long
journey from compounding and dispensing of elixirs, spirits, powders and
mixtures to full grown 20 billion dollar industry which contributes to economy
of India as second major. It ranks as third largest manufacturer of
pharmaceuticals in global market in terms of volume of sales and the growth of
the industry is 13% per year and one of the biggest API producers in the world.
One more interesting thing is that the multinational
companies investing in research and development in India may save up to 30% to
50% of the incurred. The cost of hiring a research chemist is 5 times more in
US than its counterpart India also the cost of performing clinical trials in
India is one tenth of the cost incurred in US. Simultaneously the cost of
performing research in India is one eighth of the cost incurred in US.
Despite having such a big podium for pharmaceutical
Industry somewhere there are loop holes that prevent the pharmacy graduates and
post graduates to acknowledge their expertise in the field. Although India has
a large pool of well trained and qualified pharmacy professionals but still
pharmacy education is not included to be a part of health care system. The hard
work, dedication and perseverance a pharmacy student puts into his /her subject
does not yield him/her those opportunities and fields for which he/she yearns.
I hope Pharma literati will provide such
a platform for future pharmacy professionals to excel and outshine in their profession. Again
approbation to Pharma literati people who have initiated such a forum where in
qualified pharmacy professionals can grow and outstrip.
Mohi Durakshan
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