Department
of Pharmacy
The
modern era societies have great concern about
the health of their people, so they are engaged
with multi disciplinary team work of physicians,
pharmacists, nurses and others to optimise better
health care delivery for boosting up the health
of their public. The explosion of new drug products
in the market has compelled physicians, other
health professionals and patients to rely more
and more on the expertise of the pharmacists who
are better trained to understand how these drugs
exert their actions, travel through the body and
interact with one another. Pharmacy is among the
primal pyramids of health sector, taking a quantum
leap towards research and development, similar
to its other counter-parts. The profession of
Pharmacy has evolved from its traditional role
of compounding the drugs to the pharmaceutical
care, the design and development of magic drugs
and their formulations and the ongoing research
in medical and pharmaceutical fields to counteract
the needs of the modern society. The Department
of Pharmacy at the University of Lahore has been
established to provide education in basic health
needs of the modern era, to achieve the goals
of enriching ourselves in a fast flowing stream
of knowledge via electronic or audio-visual aid
and to prepare professionals of matching caliber.
The rigor of our academic programme, the selection
of modern courses, teaching faculty and access
to state of the art facilities at our campus will
add prestige and recognition to the degree, we
will be awarding to our students.
Mission
The mission of Department of Pharmacy
is to educate and train the people for present
as well as for future concern so that they become
useful and productive members of health care team,
thus, serving the needs of the society in a best
possible way. The Department of Pharmacy is committed
to provide an environment of academic excellence
and research, and social responsibilities that
facilitate the propagation and acquisition of
knowledge and skills related to the profession
of pharmacy and the disciplines in pharmacy education.
Goals:
We desire to be recognized as a leader in Pharmacy
education through:
1.
Achieving competency in pharmacy curriculum by
maintaining ethical and professional standards.
2.
Preparing the pharmacy graduates by giving through
knowledge, skills, motivation and professional
attitude to the proper and rational use of drugs,
now and in the future.
3.
Promoting an environment to support research in
basic
scientific training to the students in pursuing
career as professional pharmacists, researchers,
managers and academicians. and applied pharmaceutical
& medical sciences, to advance pharmaceutical
knowledge, to encourage fundamental drugs discovery
and finally the attainment of advanced degrees.
4.
Exploring concerns common to pharmacy and allied
professions for the purpose of promoting efficient
distribution and utilization of health related
services.
5.
Developing and maintaining high quality education
programs which enable the Department of Pharmacy
to:
a. Provide traditional and non-traditional educational
avenues for advanced professional and academic
degree studies.
b. Improve public perception of pharmacy practice
c. Increase public awareness of drugs
Scope
of Pharmacy
Community
/ Retail Pharmacy: This area involves the practice
of pharmacy in community settings or retail outlets.
Pharmacists, in the community settings, are actively
involved in educating patients, maintaining and
monitoring drug records and providing information
resource of the highest caliber. This is very
rapidly growing area of pharmacy profession in
which the pharmacists are deployed at store levels
leading to the management positions in chain drug
pharmacies or themselves become the owner of their
own pharmacies.
Hospital and Other
Institutional Settings: The expansion of health
care needs of the society puts the hospital pharmacists
in a position to have direct involvement in patient
care besides its established roles of control,
supply and distribution of drugs, management functions,
personnel administration, system development and
planning. Hospital pharmacists continue to become
more involved in providing patient-oriented services;
the demand for practishnors in this area of pharmacy
continues to grow.
Managed Care Pharmacy:
Managed care pharmacy services are the extended
health delivery system services that provides
the pharmaceutical care at the primary / or preventive
level. Increasingly, pharmacists are employed
in various capacities within managed care organizations
(MCQs). Managed care is a system designed to optimize
patient care and outcomes and foster quality through
greater coordination of medical and pharmaceutical
services.
Pharmaceutical Industry:
Another career option in pharmacy is represented
by the pharmaceutical industry. Here, pharmacists
are employed in manufacturing, product development
/ research, quality control, marketing, sales
and administration. Many pharmacists obtain a
postgraduate degree in order to meet the technical
demands and scientific duties required in pharmaceutical
manufacturing.
Academic Pharmacy:
Approximately 500 full-time faculty members work
in the nation’s Faculty or Departments of Pharmacy,
while in a developed country like USA; this figure
is more than 3000. They are involved with teaching,
research, public service and patient care. Becoming
a member of the faculty at an Institute / Department
/ Faculty of Pharmacy usually requires a Postgraduate
degree. After graduation, only few
pharmacists exercise the option to teach, hence
there, currently exists a shortage, creating an
array of excellent professional opportunities.
Other Fields in
Pharmacy: Pharmacists use their basic educational
background in a host of federal, state and professional
positions. At the federal or provincial level,
pharmacists hold posts like drug inspectors, drug
controllers, pharmacists / chief pharmacists at
drug testing laboratories and also as Commissioned
Officers in Pakistan Armed Forces. Pharmacists
with interest and special talents in organizational
work also guide several national professional
associations. There are pharmacist in advertising,
packaging, technical writing, magazine editing
and science reporting. There are pharmacists with
legal training serving as patent lawyers or as
experts in pharmaceutical law.
Doctor
of Pharmacy (Pharm D)
Admissions
Application for admission to the Pharm-D. program
in Pharmacy will be made to the Head of Pharmacy
Department, The University of Lahore. An applicant
should possess F.Sc. (Pre-medical) certificate
or equivalent from any recognized college of the
country / B.Sc Chemistry, Botany, Zoology from
recognized Institute in 2nd division. There will
be an aptitude/ entrance test for each applicant
and the admission will be decided after the interview.
Application forms should be submitted by the applicant
along with official transcripts from the institutions
last attended, test scores and three letters of
recommendation. Letters are sent directly to the
Head of Pharmacy Department. For more information
about admission to Departmental Programs, please
consult the admission office or contact Student
Services at 042-5411901 ext. 317
Examination
System
The five years Pharm-D
degree program will be conducted under Annual
system of examination. There will be 1st annual
examination after the end of each professional
year followed by 2nd annual examination of that
year. The candidate will be required to pass all
the theory and practical papers separately by
obtaining 50% of the marks. The students will
have to clear professional exam in four consecutive
examinations including 1st annual exam fixed for
that class. In extraordinary cases students may
be allowed 5th chance to clear his/her professional
exam by the Rector of the University on the recommendation
of the head of department.
If in the first professional class he/she does
not clear all the subjects of first professional
exam in maximum five attempts he/she ceased to
be the students of University. However he/she
will be eligible for re admission.
Academic
Regulation
Eligibility
F.Sc with Pre-Medical
or Equivalent B.Sc with Chemistry, Botany, Zoology
from a recognized Institute in 2nd division.
Improvement
of Division
Any subject in which
a student may have enlisted more than once is
considered a repeat course. With the permission
of the Advisor programs, a student may enlist
in the course(s) for marks improvement. The marks
obtained in the said course shall be counted towards
degree requirements at the time of Graduation.
Attendance: 80%
attendance is essential for each student to sit
in the final professional examination. It carries
10% credit marks, which will be accumulated in
the finals of each year.
Promotion of the
Failed students in Professional Examination: A
student will only be provisionally promoted to
the next higher class if he/she has failed in
two subjects of the 2nd and onward professional
examinations. If he does not pass even after availing
three chances he/she will be reverted back to
lower class.
Assignments / Test
/ Tutorials / teachers assessment: Assignments
/ tests are given after completion of each topic
in every subject. These topics are then subjected
to discussion in class tutorials and then the
relevant teacher assesses the knowledge and participation
from each student. These carry 15% of total marks.
Duration of program:
The program shall be spread over a period of five
professional years.
First
Professional Pharm-D
Semester 1
Pharmaceutical Chemistry-I
(Organic-I) [Th.}
Pharmaceutical Chemistry-I
(Organic-I (Lab.]
Pharmaceutical Biochemistry-I [Th.]
Pharmaceutical Biochemistry-I [Lab.]
Pharmaceutics-I (Physical Pharmacy-I [Th.]
Pharmaceutics-I (Physical Pharmacy-I [Lab.]
Physiology & Histology-I [Th.]
Physiology & Histology-I [Lab.]
Anatomy
Pharmaceutical Mathematics
Semester 2
Pharmaceutical Chemistry-II (Organic-II) [Th.]
Pharmaceutical Chemistry-II (Organic-II) [Lab.]
Pharmaceutical Biochemistry-II [Th.]
Pharmaceutical Biochemistry-II) [Lab.]
Pharmaceutics-II (Physical Pharmacy-II) [Th.]
Pharmaceutics-II {Physical Pharmacy-II) [Lab.]
Physiology & Histology-II [Th.]
Physiology & Histology-II [Lab.]
Biostatistics
Secomd
Professional Pharm-D
Semester 1
Pharmaceutics-III (Pharmaceutical Preparations-1)
[Th.]
Pharmaceutics-III (Pharmaceutical Prparatins-1)
[Lab.]
Pharmacology & Therapeutics-1 (General-1)
[Th.]
Pharmacology & Therapeutics-1 (General-1)
[Lab.]
Pharmacognosy-1 [Th.]
Pharmacognosy-1 [Lab.]
Pharmaceutical Microbiology-1 [Th.]
Pharmaceutical Microbiology-1 [Lab.]
Pakistan Studies
Semester 2
Pharmaceutics-IV (Pharmaceutical Preparations-II)
[Th.]
Pharmaceutics-IV (Pharmaceutical Preparations-II)
[Lab.]
Pharmacology & Therapeutics-II (General-II
[Th.]
Pharmacology & Therapeutics-II (General-II)
[Lab.]
Pharmacognosy –II [Th.]
Pharmacognosy-II [Lab.]
Pharmaceutical Microbiology -II [Th.]
Pharmaceutical Microbiology-II [Lab.]
Islamiat
Third
Professional Pharm-D
Semester 1
Pathology [Th.]
Pathology [Lab.]
Pharmacology & Therapeutics-1II (Systemic
Pharmacology-1) [Th.]
Pharmacology & Therapeutics-III (Systemic
Pharmacology-1) [Lab.]
Pharmacognosy-III [Th.]
Pharmacognosy-III [Lab.]
Pharmaceutical Chemistry-III (Instrumentation-I
[Th.]
Pharmaceutical Chemistry-III (Instrumentation-I
[Lab.]
Pharmaceutics-V (Dispensing Pharmacy) [Th.]
Pharmaceutics-V (Dispensing Pharmacy) [Lab.]
Semester 2
Computer and its Applications in Pharmacy [Th.]
Computer and its Applications in Pharmacy [Lab.]
Pharmacology & Therapeutics-IV (Systemic Pharmacology-II)
[Th.]
Pharmacology & Therapeutics-IV (Systemic Pharmacology-II)
[Lab.]
Pharmacognosy –IV [Th.]
Pharmacognosy-IVI [Lab.]
Pharmaceutical Chemistry –IV (Instrumentation-II)
[Th.]
Pharmaceutical Chemistry-IV (Instrumentation-II)
[Lab.]
Pharmaceutics-VI (Community Pharmacy) [Th.]
Fourth
Professional Pharm-D
Semester 1
Pharmaceutics-VII (Hospital Pharmacy-I) [Th.]
Pharmaceutics-VIII (Clinical Pharmacy-I) [Th.]
Pharmaceutics-VIII (Clinical Pharmacy-I) [Lab.]
Pharmaceutics-IX (Industrial Pharmacy-I) [Th.]
Pharmaceutics-IX (Industrial Pharmacy-I) [Lab.]
Pharmaceutics-X (Bio Pharmaceutics-I) [Th.]
Pharmaceutics-X (Bio Pharmaceutics0I) [Lab.]
Pharmaceutics-XI (Pharmaceutical Quality Management-I)
[Th.]
Pharmaceutics-XI (Pharmaceutical Quality Management-I)
[Lab.]
Semester 2
Pharmaceutics-VII (Hospital Pharmacy-II) [Th.]
Pharmaceutics-VIII (Clinical Pharmacy-II) [Th.]
Pharmaceutics-VIII (Clinical Pharmacy-II) [Lab.]
Pharmaceutics-IX (Industrial Pharmacy-II) [Th.]
Pharmaceutics-IX (Industrial Pharmacy-II) [Lab.]
Pharmaceutics-X (Bio Pharmaceutics-II) [Th.]
Pharmaceutics-X (Bio Pharmaceutics-II) [Lab.]
Pharmaceutics-XI (Pharmaceutical Quality Management-II)
[Th.]
Pharmaceutics-XI (Pharmaceutical Quality Management-II)
[Lab.]
Fifth
Professional Pharm-D
Semester 1
Pharmaceutical Chemistry-V (Medicinal-I) [Th.]
Pharmaceutical Chemistry-V (Medicinal-I) [Lab.]
Pharmaceutics-XVII (Clinical Pharmacy-III) [Th.]
Pharmaceutics-XVII (Clinical Pharmacy-III) [Lab.]
Pharmaceutics-XVIII (Pharmaceutical Technology-I)
[Th.]
Pharmaceutics-XVIII (Pharmaceutical Technology-I)
[Lab.]
Pharmaceutics-XIX (Forensic Pharmacy-I) [Th.]
Pharmaceutics-XX (Pharmaceutical Management &
Marketing-I) [Th.]
Semester 2
Pharmaceutical Chemistry-V (Medicinal-II) [Th.]
Pharmaceutical Chemistry-V (Medicinal-II) [Lab.]
Pharmaceutics-XVII (Clinical Pharmacy-IV) [Th.]
Pharmaceutics-XVII (Clinical Pharmacy-IV) [Lab.]
Pharmaceutics-XVIII (Pharmaceutical Technology-II)
[Th.]
Pharmaceutics-XVIII (Pharmaceutical Technology-II)
[Lab.]
Pharmaceutics-XIX (Forensic Pharmacy-II) [Th.]
Pharmaceutics-XX (Pharmaceutical Management &
Marketing-II) [Th.]
Doctor
of Pharmacy - Condensed (Pharm-D)
Condensed course
for Pharm-D is offered to those who have completed
B. Pharmacy degree with 4 years course. This condense
course consists of two semesters each of six months
comprising of the following subjects
Anatomy biopharmaceutics,
Biostatistics, clinical pharmacy, Community Pharmacy
computer and its application in Pharmacy, instrumentations,
Pathology Pharmaceutical Quality Management Pharmaceutical
Technology. Pharmacy management and Marketing.
Objectives: The
main objective is to train pharmacists and equip
them with necessary competencies and skills in
the art and science of preparing and dispensing
medications as well as in the field of Clinical
Pharmacy. In doing so, the program endeavors to
provide up-to-date knowledge via Internet and
rigorous. Other
objectives are: Develop and apply their knowledge
for safer and apt delivery of life saving drugs
to the public. Understand nature of drug policies
plans trends and to prevail the ethical drug practices.
Clearly understand the meaning of cGMP, TQM, and
standardization techniques and to practice it
accordingly. Cultivate management skills in organization,
planning, monitoring and evaluation relating to
pharmaceutical industry and hospital design, conduct,
analyze, interpret and communicate the results
of pertinent studies and programs in the field
of Pharmacy. Details are available from the department
Fee
Structure
Doctor of Pharmacy (5
Years)
Fee Per Semester
Semester 1 - Rs. 56,700
Semester 2 - Rs. 54,000
Semester 3 - Rs. 51,300
Semester 4 - Rs. 51,300
Semester 5 - Rs. 51,300
Semester 6 - Rs. 54,000
Semester 7 - Rs. 51,300
Semester 8 - Rs. 51,300
Semester 9 - Rs. 48,600
Semester 10 - Rs. 48,600
Total Fee for ten semester 518,400
Admission & Registration Fee (one time) 25,000
Total Fee for programme 543,400
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