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We have discussed about the b pharmacy course details above in brief.Now we are going to discuss about after b pharmacy jobs and salary.A pharmacist is a specialist in medication,companion of physician, counselor to the patient and guardian of the public health.Since he can perform a number of roles,so he can adopt anyone of the following fields of pharmacy to earn his livelihood:—

1)Community Pharmacy: A pharmacist having an interest for business can open a retail drug store to serve the community.Community Pharmacist is a unique hybrid of businessman and professional.He is usually the best educated and informed person,so he holds a unique position in the community.

2)Wholesale Pharmacy:It offers opportunities to a limited number of pharmacist to run wholesale business of drugs and medicines. The wholesaler serve as a middleman between manufacturer and retailer. the wholesalers buy goods in large quantities from the producer and sell them to the retailers. They keep huge stock of goods to meet the requirements of retailers without delay.They also provide credit facilities to the retailers and thus finances the retail trade.

3)Industrial Pharmacy: Pharmaceutical industry offers opportunity to pharmacist of all educational levels. It provides job to a pharmacist in the following fields

Production, analytical and quality control, research and development, marketing and sale.

a)Production:In production, the pharmacist work as manufacturing chemist. He has to supervise the production of various types of pharmaceutical formulations, packaging, levelling and storage. Normally a single manufacturing chemist look after the production in a small scale unit, but in big concerns a separate manufacturing chemist is employed to look after an individual formulation section, such as, tablet section, syrup section, capsule section and ointment section etc.

b)Analytical and Quality Control Manager: A manufacturing unit needs the service of analytical chemists in its analytical laboratory to do the testing of raw materials and finished goods manufactured by it. The drug and the cosmetics act (1945), Rules 71(1) and 76 (1) says that the manufacturing activity can be controlled by a technical man whose qualification should be  B Pharm oe D Pharm.

c)Research and Development(R&D):The big pharmaceutical houses have their own separate research and development unit. A pharmacist having doctorate degree or master degree in pharmacy is ideally suited for product development in pharmaceutical industry.

Research and development unit is generally engage in the following fields:

• The synthesis of new compounds to be used as drugs and cosmetics, excipients, industrial chemicals and preservatives.
• Research on cultivation of medicinal plants.
• The isolation and purification of the active principles of plant and animal tissues, the determination of their chemical composition and further its synthesis.
• The preparation of drugs in suitable dosage forms designed and its testing to find the bio-availability of drug.

4)Pharmaceutical Marketing and Sales: A  B Pharm graduate person having pleasant personality and good communication skill can do the the job in pharmaceutical marketing and sales sector.Companies often prefer B Pharm graduate for this job because they have good knowledge about drugs and their side effects.