Specializations in Pharmacy

MAJOR

DEFINITIONS/ DESCRIPTION

SPECIALIZATIONS

Pharmacology

Study of what drug does to the body and what body does to the drug

 Pharmacokinetics
Toxicology
Clinical research
Pharmacogenetics
 
Pharmaceutical sciences
Or
Industrial pharmacy
 

Science of dosage form designing

Pharmaceutical formulation
Pharmaceutical technology
 
Analytical chemistry

Qualitative & Quantitative analysis of natural &* artificial drugs

 

Qualitative organic and Inorganic analysis
Quantitative analysis
 
Medicinal chemistry

Studying, designing, synthesizing and developing pharmaceutical drugs

QSAR
SAR
 
Pharmacokinetics

Study of administration, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs

Pharmacokinetic analysis
Immunology The study of all aspects of immune system including its structure, function, disorders, immunization, role of pathogens Immunotherapy
Diagnostic immunology
 

Physiology

Study of mechanical, physical and biochemical functions of living organisms

 Human physiology
Animal physiology
Microorganism physiology
 
Pharmacognosy Study of medicines from natural sources

 		 Photochemistry
Chemistry of natural products
 
Bio-chemistry It deals with the structure & function of cellular components such as proteins, carbohydrates etc.., Stoichiometry
Chemical ecology
Molecular biology & medicine
 
Pharmaceutical administration Pharmaceutical administration deals with organizational management, health care management, marketing and medical administrative services. Pharmacy management
Financial management
Marketing management
Pharmacoeoeconomics
Ethics and Health laws
 
Hospital pharmacy A hospital pharmacy includes special administrative features, monitoring the drug regimen of the individual patient, provision of drugs for nursing stations, teaching of nurses & pharmacy interns, service to the hospital committee on pharmacy & therapeutics , preparation and revision of a hospital formulary Patient care
Hospital formulary
 
Bioinformatics It is an interdisciplinary program between biology and computer science. Its main use in gathering, integrating, sequencing and analysis of biological data, in short it maintains the biological database. It is mainly used in storing biological and genetic information to know more aboutof human diseases and in drug discovery as well. Basic biochemistry
Computational bioinformatics
Molecular genetics
Computer programming.
Mathematics
Database management