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We have recently conducted a poll for preparing for GPAT. We received total 59 votes. The results for the same are as follows: To assist the students for self study, we are launching " GPAT-Lakshya ", a unique initiative by Pharma Literati helping the students prepare for the exam on their own.  Keep following our blog, facebook page, LinkedIn account, Instagram account to know more..

The videos for module IV of the course on "Drug Discovery and Bulk Drugs" have been uploaded and are accessible to the everyone. The link for the same are as follows: Part I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpBiCTOO5UA&t=5s Part II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVgb2EqxSQo&t=9s Part III: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-xJUKj8xtI Part IV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16r11ByScHs&t=81s Part V: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA5syObTGz8

Pharma Literati is pleased to announce the campus ambassador opportunities for undergraduate/ post-graduate students in pharmacy/ life sciences domain.  Looking for passionate, career-focused, highly motivated individuals who wish to join the dynamic team of Pharma Literati as campus  ambassador .  What would you do as campus  ambassador ? 1.       You would be a single point contact for pharma literati team for the institute. 2.       You need to provide information related to events at your college to our forum. This would get published via the blog. 3.      Also, you need to distribute the newsletters by Pharma Literati at the institute level. 4.    You also need to provide information related to various initiatives taken by Pharma Literati team and the Centre of Excellence for Pharma Education at your institute. 5.    You wou...

Pharma Literati Centre of Excellence in Pharma Education announces the 3rd Batch of CPIPR (Certificate Course in Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property Rights). More than 150 students have already taken this course in the first 2 batches.  For whom? 1.               Pharmacy/ Chemistry/ Biosciences/ Life sciences/ Biotechnology/ Zoology/ Botany students in undergraduate/ post graduate / PhD/ Research fellows; 2.               Faculties form any of these streams; 3.               Industry professionals** from Pharma/ Biotechnology/ Life sciences; 4.               Anyone who is willing to make a career in R & D; Business development; International Business; Drug discovery; Generic drug development; Academic...

India’s e-health initiatives Health and Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda has said the resolution on digital health brought out by  India  was adopted by the 71st World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO). Nadda stressed on the importance of building digital health ecosystem partnerships with private healthcare providers, academia, health IT practitioners, industry, patient groups and regulatory bodies. He had also said  India  was planning to create an integrated digital health platform and enable creation of electronic health records for the 1.3 billion people of  India .   e-Healthcare would cover online medical consultation, online medical records, online medicine supply, pan-India exchange for patient information, etc. National Health Portal (NHP) provides information to citizens and stakeholders in different languages (currently six languages Hindi, English, Tamil, Gujarati, Bengali, and Punjabi...

Chemists varied a nine-amino-acid string (green) in EETI-II. The protein's β-sheets are shown as flat, gray areas, and its disulfide bonds are indicated in yellow. Credit:  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Researchers have synthesized and screened a library of small proteins composed entirely of nonnatural amino acids. In these 29-amino-acid miniproteins, called xenoproteins because of their “foreign” content, all the natural l-amino acids were replaced with mirror-image d-amino acids. Such libraries could yield novel therapeutic agents with key advantages over natural protein-based drugs. Nonnatural miniproteins have enhanced temperature stability, making it easier to store and transport them without refrigeration, and the biomolecules resist enzymatic breakdown in the body. Bradley L. Pentelute and coworkers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology used combinatorial solid-phase synthesis to create a library of 200 million xenoproteins based ...

The Indian pharmaceuticals market witnessed growth at a CAGR of 5.64 per cent, during FY11-16, with the market increasing from US$ 20.95 billion in FY11 to US$ 27.57 billion in FY16. The industry’s revenues are estimated to have grown by 7.4 per cent in FY17. Indian pharmaceutical market grew 5.5 per cent in CY2017 in terms of moving annual turnover. In March 2018, the market grew at 9.5 per cent year-on-year with sales of Rs 10,029 crore (US$ 1.56 billion). By 2020, India is likely to be among the top three pharmaceutical markets by incremental growth and 6th largest market globally in absolute size. Increase in the size of middle class households coupled with the improvement in medical infrastructure and increase in the penetration of health insurance in the country will also influence in the growth of pharmaceuticals sector. Indian pharma companies are capitalising on export opportunities in regulated and semi-regulated markets In FY17, India exported pharmaceu...

Here’s an introduction to the various career paths in the Pharma industry. Research & Development If you are really enjoying the core subjects like Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology during your 3rd and 4th year of B.Pharma, then you could consider a career in research and development. You can get R&D roles within pharmaceutical, biotech, agro and FMCG sectors. Ideally you will need to have M.Pharma, MS or PhD degree.  GPAT  qualified candidates do get preferences. If you wish to purse M.Pharma from some of the top institutes like NIPER, then do start your preparation from the 3 rd  year itself. Other options will be going for MS (or MSc) abroad. The B.Pharma course itself does not provide that much research opportunities. So, a foreign education and training will really help you. With B.Pharma background you can specialize in Pharmacology, Drug Delivery, Drug Chemistry, Biochemistry etc. In India, an M.Pharm graduate can start with 22K p...