CALCUTTA INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY & ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES

Master in Pharmacy (Pharmacology)

Introduction

This is a two-year post graduate degree programme. It concentrates on disseminating information about drugs and how they affect living beings. Because of this, the subjects covered by this degree's curriculum revolve around the same topics and are elaborated using a combination of theory and practical learning.

Subjects taught under M.Pharm (Pharmacology):

Modern Pharmaceutical Analytical Techniques
Pharmacological & Toxicological Screening Methods I & II
Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology
Principles of Drug Discovery
Clinical Research & Pharmacovigilance
Advanced Pharmacology
Pharmacology Practical I & II

Objectives

1. The Master of Pharmacy programme is designed to help successful postgraduate fellows meet any challenge they may encounter in their technical or professional careers in the near future and to help them adapt to the rapidly changing fashions found everywhere in the world.

2. Producing skilled pharmacologists is necessary to meet the demands of the pharmaceutical industry and research institutions for drug discovery, which necessitates a careful and critical assessment of biological activities.

3. To teach the students the abilities required for determining how drugs work, their mechanisms of action, potential pharmacological and toxicological effects, molecular interactions, animal health care and maintenance, etc.

4. The course focuses on understanding drug action at critical points in preclinical and clinical research studies, assessing current drug information in the provision of pharmaceutical care, and providing assurance regarding drug use and side effects.

5. The students will learn enough about their professional and ethical obligations in clinical and non-clinical laboratories to meet regulatory bodies' requirements, and they'll develop the skills they need to work on multidisciplinary projects in the pharmaceutical industry and its related fields.

Prospects

After M. Pharm in Pharmacology subject there is a high-quality scope in working field in industry and academic.

This is an evergreen subject. You can get excellent salary. One can work in;

· Pharmacology R&D (in vivo or in vitro)

· Pharmacology and Toxicology R& D

· Pharmacovigilance

· Clinical Research Associate

· Medical writing

Clinical Trial Trainee

Clinical data management

Academic Research

· Drug Inspector

· Drug Regulatory Affairs

· Pharma Market Research

· Clinical Trials and Clinical Data Entry

· Key Opinion Leader Profiling

· Medical Coding

· Academic Teaching and Research

· Pharmacovigilance and drug monitoring

Learning Outcomes

1. Building fundamental ideas about drug mechanisms, side effects, and effectiveness through pharmacological and toxicological models requires a thorough knowledge of cellular and molecular pharmacology-based pharmacotherapy.

2. Applying contemporary tools, computational and informatics tools, and techniques for target and lead optimisation in drug quantification requires an understanding of the fundamentals of pharmaceutical analysis.

3. In preclinical and clinical research for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, apply and evaluate regulatory and ethical concepts in relation to society.

4. Application of computational and informatics tools in clinical and pharmacovigilance research, as well as understanding, application, and evaluation of concepts of research methodology and biostatistics.

5. Ability to promote an inquisitive mind through careful journal evaluation and develop technical communication skills in order to be able to communicate with a broad scientific audience through scientific writing in the form of reports, theses, or presentations.

6. Building fundamental ideas on in-vivo and in-vitro experiments.