Institute of Pharmaceautical Sciences

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Prof Dr Hamid Kazi

 

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Overview about PHARM-D

Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences was established in the year 2014. The objectives of this institute are to provide Pharmacy Education to the females at their door step, who are living in the far-flung areas of the Sindh province.
This Institute will also facilitate Education to the girls who are coming from other parts of the country and overseas.
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences in housed in the Campus of the University in a newly constructed building. The Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences offers five years Pharm-D program.
Biostatistical approach in various aspects of drug research, their design, calculation and evaluation.
Knowledge about different dosage forms used in pharmacy, their small and large scale preparation, formulation of different dosage forms, and practice of community pharmacy.
Pharmaceutics is Branch of health science, That Link health science with chemical sciences.
Pharmaceutics focus on large scale formulation of safe, effective and ready to use dosage forms, from Drug/API, without affecting its quality. Pharmacist focus on administration of calculated dose size, in appropriate dosage from to a suitable patient in order to enhance the therapeutic outcomes.
Knowledge of stability of medicines and their ingredients, principle of compounding, dosage, chemical, physical and therapeutic incompatibility, packaging methods, labeling procedures, legal requirements affecting drug storage, supply and records, containers and labeling of substances and misuse of drugs.
Techniques for preparation of the dosage forms and latest advances in product formulation and preparation at industrial level.
Role of a pharmacist in Hospital Management includes the distribution, storage and purchase of drugs in hospital.
Clinical aspects like therapeutic drug monitoring, determining toxicities, drug interaction, adverse drug reactions and dosage regime establishment.
Biopharmaceutical concepts of bioavailability and administration, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs.
Knowledge of rules and legislation about controlled, poisonous and dangerous drugs and procedures regarding registration and sale of drugs.
Pharmaceutical biotechnology and the development of different useful bio technological products, including gene therapy & pharmacogenomics.
The modern concepts of microbiological application including microbiological assays of pharmaceuticals, sterilization, disinfection and fermentation, also basic knowledge of immune system.
Knowledge about crude drugs, evaluation and use, different methods used for extraction and purification of crude drugs from different plant and animal source.
Relationship between drug concentration and biological response, drug action overtime ,factors affecting absorption, distribution, binding, metabolism and elimination of chemicals.

Prof. Dr. Hamid Ali Kazi

Director IPS