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VIVA INSTITUTE OF PHARMACY has arranged one day seminar on IPR and PATENT on 6th August 2018, Monday at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm for students and faculties. Entry is free for all those are interested. You can confirm your registration at: tanvipingale@vivapharmacy.org pallaviduse@viva pharmacy.org NOTE: LAST DATE OF REGISTRATION IS 3rd AUGUST 2018 VENUE: VIVA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, SHIRGAON, VEER SAWARKAR ROAD,VIRAR(EAST), VASAI, THANE,MAHARASHTRA-401303

We present here, another guest post by Ms. Priyanka Dudhal, an MBA (Pharma) student at NIPER, Mohali.  This inspiring piece was originally posted on LinkedIn and is published here with due permission from the author.  Her profile can be accessed at:    https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyanka-dudhal-32a1ba127/ The post is an experience of a medical representative at a doctor's clinic and provides a positive perspective for the rejections.... Thank you Ms. Priyanka Dudhal for sharing this.... "For the very first time, I started visiting Doctors with a questionnaire. Was not an easy task but was not so difficult also. Almost waited for 1-2 hrs and then they denied when my turn came. But at one point of time when I was totally frustrated with rejections and seems to be difficult to achieve my target, I sat silently and started evaluating everything. I thought from another side i.e. from the patient point of view. Why do Doctors don't entertain

We are urgently looking for fresh B. Pharm/ BSC/ M. Pharm graduates for a short term temporary job for 2 months. This is work from home opportunity with tele-calling and digital marketing profile. Salary would be between 10000 to 12000 Rs per month. Send your CV to pharmaliterati@gmail.com

We present our reader's a guest post by Mr.  Salil Kallianpur. He is Principal Consultant - Digital Transformation Lab and carries with him more than 2 decades of marketing experience. He has a word-press blog and the post is reproduced with his due permission from  https://salilkallianpur.wordpress.com/2018/07/25/amazonization-of-healthcare/ Thank you very much sir for giving our readers an opportunity to go through this piece of information on this fascinating topic. ‘Amazonization’ of Healthcare Whether Amazon succeeds in the healthcare market, or not, remains to be seen, but the reason I believe healthcare is about to get ‘Amazonized’ is because of what Chris Holt, Amazon’s leader of Global Healthcare said recently. “When we think about the healthcare space, our overall philosophy of obsessing around the customer has served us really well. So, we start with the customer and we work backwards.” This thought process is so anti-healthcare, that it comes like

Team Pharma Literati is pleased to announce the 1st Pharma Video Making competition.  For whom? All Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Zoology graduates and post graduates or research scholars, any industry professional or faculty member. Content of video Any relevant topic in pharmacy or life sciences or topic relevant to the students in pharmacy. Legal rights of the video  would be with the developer of the video. How to make the video? Using any of the freely available software. e.g. Screeen-cast-o-matic available on  https://screencast-o-matic.com Length of the video: At least 10 minutes. Terms and conditions: 1. The video would be uploaded on our Youtube Channel and the readers would decide the winners by like, share and views of the videos. This would be analysed till 20th September.  2. Same person can send upto 3 separate entries. 3. The videos need to be original and Pharma Literati would not be respons

The Indian Society for Study of Xenobiotics (SSX®) is pleased to announce its third conference in Bangalore, October 10th to 13th, 2018. The program will feature renowned speakers in drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics and toxicology, short courses, poster sessions, round-table discussions, mentoring sessions for students and young scientists, a vendor exhibition and numerous networking opportunities. SSX anticipates more than 200 attendees for this conference, with representation from academia, industry, CROs, government research institutes and vendors. The theme is based on Merging invitro  DMPK to translational and quantitative DMPK. SESSIONS AND CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS Drug Transporters  Drug metabolism and DDIs  Case studies  PK/PD Modelling and PBPK  New technologies new strategies  Special panel discussion for students Basic short courses  Advanced hands-on workshops  Poster sessions  Networking receptions  Vendor booths  Mentorship sessions  Stude

Sun Pharma Science Foundation has invited nominations for Sun Pharma Research Awards and Sun Pharma Science Awards for the year 2018. The Sun Pharma Research Awards  are for excellence in original research work in medical and Pharmaceuticals Sciences, by Indian Scientist working in India and abroad. There are three awards Medical Sciences -Basic Research, Medical Sciences-Clinical Research and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Each award carry a trophy, citation and cash prize  of Rs.250000/- (Rupees two lakh fifty thousand). The Sun Pharma Science Scholar Award   are upcoming brilliant and young Indian researchers under age of thirty, for the research projects. There are four awards; two each in Bio-Medical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Each  award carry a Citation and cash prize of Rs.50000/- (Rupees fifty thousand) and additional lump  sum amount of Rs.50000/- for attending an international conference to present abstract/poster, on submission of invitation letter from organ

Vivekanand college of pharmacy has brought all of us a golden opportunity to flaunt our talents in a unique way. Imagine how creative and interesting it would be to give chemistry an aesthetic appearance through various activities. The winners will be awarded with excitng prizes and participants with a certificate. The entry fees per head is ₹200,totally irrespective of number of events you participate The list of the events along with some details are as follows: 1. CHEM-O-MODEL : So you think you can MAKE A REACTION OR MODEL WORK? Show us, inspire us, make a model on the mentioned topic By investing minimum amount of money, can you show us any wonder Chemistry has to offer?  1 st Prize ₹3000/- 2 nd Prize ₹2000/-  3 rd Prize ₹1000/- 2. CHEMSKIT: If you really thing you can accepts tough challenges then just try our chemskit..just resonate and turn the tables with unique combination of acting and chemistry. This year the theme is STORIES BEHIND DISCOVERY OF ANY CO

We are closing with the registrations of IPR and Pharmacovigilance courses on Sunday.  Hurry up to confirm your registration. Final year B. Pharm students get our Online GPAT test series completely free of cost with the admission to any of one courses. IPR Course: http://pharmaliterati.blogspot.com/2018/06/cpipr-enters-3rd-batch-july-to-october.html Pharmacovigilance course: http://pharmaliterati.blogspot.com/2018/06/online-certificate-course-in.html

One of the Pharma Literati interns for 2018 is involved in writing blog articles for us. Here comes the first of the series on Pharmacogenetics. PHARMACOGENETICS The man, all sweaty and troubled asks the pharmacist, "I did not have any of the listed side effects. Should I be worried?" The pharmacists' composed reply, "You're unique!" The retort, "Am I?" The man was all boiling. My question, "Is he unique?" Well let’s find out! Pharmacogenetics is the study of inherited genetic differences in drug metabolic pathways which can affect individual responses to drugs, both in terms of therapeutic effect as well as adverse effects. The idea shadowed is that a person's genes influence their responses to medicinal drugs. The term, pharmacogenetics can be interchanged with the term  pharmacogenomics . This relatively new field allows us to combine pharmacology and genomics to develop effective and saf