Friday, June 15, 2007

Total Quality Management In Pharmacy Education - Potentials

Total Quality Management In Pharmacy Education - Potentials

Lot of changes have taken place in the Pharmacy educational scenario in India since last four decades. There is a mushrooming increase in the number of Pharmacy colleges in the yester years.

Significance of recrystallization on pharmaceutical dosage form processing

Significance of recrystallization on pharmaceutical dosage form processing

Recently in the field of Pharmaceutical Technology, great efforts are being directed towards the prefabrication of existing drug molecules in the way of solving problems related to poor water solubility, Dissolution, bioavailability, Flowability, compressibility, dosing problem, stability and toxicity.

The role of pharmacogenomics in drug development

Pharmacogenomics is a biotechnological science that combines the techniques of medicine, pharmacology, and genomics and is concerned with developing drug therapies to compensate for genetic differences in patients which cause varied responses to a single therapeutic regimen. Patient-drug interaction is a complex trait influenced by many genes.


The role of pharmacogenomics in drug development

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

The future aspects of Prebiotics on human health: A Review

The future aspects of Prebiotics on human health: A Review

Prebiotics are short-chain carbohydrates that alter the composition, or metabolism, of the gut microbiota in a beneficial manner. It is therefore expected that prebiotics will improve health in a way similar to probiotics, whilst at the same time being cheaper, and carrying less risk and being easier to incorporate into the diet than probiotics.

The role of pharmacogenomics in drug development

The role of pharmacogenomics in drug development

Pharmacogenomics is a biotechnological science that combines the techniques of medicine, pharmacology, and genomics and is concerned with developing drug therapies to compensate for genetic differences in patients which cause varied responses to a single therapeutic regimen. Patient-drug interaction is a complex trait influenced by many genes.
Without a comprehensive knowledge of all the genes that influence drug response, it is difficult to develop genetic tests that could predict a person's response to a particular drug. Pharmacogenomics is a science that examines the inherited variations in genes that dictate drug response and explores the ways these variations can be used to predict the kind of response a patient would have to a drug

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Drug interactions with grapefruit juice

Drug interactions with grapefruit juice

Concomitant intake with grapefruit juice increases the concentrations of many drugs in humans. The effect seems to be mediated mainly by suppression of the cytochrome P450 enzyme CYP3A4 in the small intestine wall. This results in a diminished first pass metabolism with higher bioavailability and increased maximal plasma concentrations of substrates of this enzyme. The effect was most pronounced in drugs with high first pass degradation.

Orphan Diseases - An Indian Perspective

Orphan Diseases - An Indian Perspective:

Diseases which manifest in patient populations representing at the maximum 6-8% of the world population are defined as rare diseases. 1 They are pathologies whose incidence at birth is less than 1 in 2000. 50% of these appear when the sufferer has reached adult age. Today there are over 5000 rare diseases listed in the world with five new rare diseases being described every week in the medical literature.

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Pharmacogenomics: Impact on Drug Response and Applications to Infectious Diseases Management

Pharmacogenomics: Impact on Drug Response and Applications to Infectious Diseases Management

The impact of pharmacogenomics on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases is discussed. The application of pharmacogenomics to infectious diseases requires consideration of the genomes of both the pathogen and the host.

Specialized chronotherapeutic drug delivery systems

Specialized chronotherapeutic drug delivery systems

In the field of modified release, matching of drug release to the body’s circadian rhythms have been fundamental strategies involves for selecting a new drug delivery system which increase the efficacy and safety of drugs by proportioning their peak plasma concentrations during the 24 hours in synchrony with biological rhythm.

Novel Approaches In Vaccines Delivery

Novel Approaches In Vaccines Delivery

Oral vaccination of animals and man, to provide effective mucosal and/or systemic immunity, is largely ineffective. This is due mainly to the very small quantity of antigen that survives degradation in the intestine and that crosses the intestinal wall.

Saturday, February 03, 2007

Six Sigma: A measure of goodness in Quality Management System

Six Sigma: A measure of goodness in Quality Management System

Six Sigma (6σ) is a methodology to manage process variations that cause defects. It can be defined as a rigorous and disciplined methodology that utilizes data and statistical analysis to measure and improve a company’s operational performance, practices and systems. Six Sigma identifies and prevents defects in manufacturing and service-related processes.

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Super Critical Fluid Chromatography : Fundamentals and Applications

Super Critical Fluid Chromatography : Fundamentals and Applications

When supercritical fluid chromatography was first developed in 1960, it was considered as a science fiction chromatography and a revolutionary separation technique. But its reputation has slowly ebbed over the years and it is now moving forward by leaps and bounds as a stable Analytical Method with many advantages over the existing chromatographic methods.

Analysis of preservatives in pharmaceutical products

Analysis of preservatives in pharmaceutical products

Preservatives are substances that commonly added to various foods and pharmaceutical products in order to prolong their shelf life. The addition of preservatives to such products, especially to those that have higher water content, is essential for avoiding alteration and degradation by microorganisms during storage

Saturday, January 27, 2007

Pharmaceutical Generic Product Development - A Review

Pharmaceutical Generic Product Development - A Review

The aim of Pharmaceutical Product Development is to design a quality product and the manufacturing process to deliver the product in a reproducible manner

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Treatment and Disposal of Bio-medical Wastes

Treatment and Disposal of Bio-medical Wastes:

"Urban solid waste has always attracted the attention of environmental activists, civic administrators, and the common man; however there is lack of full-fledged knowledge and information about some other special sources of waste and its management. "

Friday, January 19, 2007

Pharmacogenomics, Single Nucleotide Polymorphism and Genome: An Approach for Individualized Medicine

Pharmacogenomics, Single Nucleotide Polymorphism and Genome: An Approach for Individualized Medicine

The study of human genome with special reference to repeat sequence in comparison to coding sequence and single nucleotide polymorphism by alteration in single base pair can provide basic tool for study of genomic diseases.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Dr.B.Suresh : Commitment and Passion for Pharmacy Profession are Secrets of My Success

Interview with Dr.B.Suresh



1. We believe you are the youngest president of PCI. What is the secret of your success?

I believe so too. As per the records there is no other person who has become president at the age of 45. I thank my colleagues in the council putting their confidence in me and elected me as president. The secret of success is nothing but is the commitment to the profession, which I have, and also the passion which I have that the pharmacy profession should develop and reach out to the world.

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Commitment and Passion for Pharmacy Profession are Secrets of My Success

Controlled Release Fertilizers: Trends and Technologies

Controlled Release Fertilizers

Now a days scientists are engaged in the development of various multi- and nano particulate delivery systems of fertilizers with an objective to control their release and increase the production of various medicinal plants.

Gastro-Retentive Drugs: A Novel Approach Towards Floating Therapy

Gastro-Retentive Drugs: A Novel Approach Towards Floating Therapy

Conventional drug delivery system achieves as well as maintains the drug concentration within the therapeutically effective range needed for treatment only when taken several time a day.

Fluidized Bed Systems : A Review

Fluidized Bed Systems : A Review

Key words :
fluid bed dryers, fluid bed drying, fluid bed processor, fluid bed granulation, fluidized bed, fluid bed dryer, fluidized bed dryer, fluidized bed, Fluidization, Fluid Bed Parameters, Fluidized Bed Coater
Table of Contents
History And Chronological Literature
Concept Of Fluidization
Parameters To Be Controlled In Fluid Bed Systems
Classification Of Fluidized Bed Systems
Equipments For Fluidized Bed Systems
Advantages, Disadvantages And Applications Of Fluidized Bed Systems
Innovations In Fluidized Bed Systems

Floating Drug Delivery Systems:An approach to Gastro retention

Floating Drug Delivery Systems:An approach to Gastro retention

Despite tremendous advancements in drug delivery the oral route remains the preferred route of administration of therapeutic agents because of low cost of therapy and ease of administration lead to high levels of patient compliance. .

Nutraceuticals- An alternative medical approach

Nutraceuticals- An alternative medical approach