April 2017

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ABOUT AUTHORS
*¹Bhuyan Nadugopal, ¹Swain Sabhya Sampada, ¹Ojha Sudip Kumar, ²Meher Chaitanya Prasad
¹Gayatri Institute of Science and Technology, Gunupur, Rayagada,765022, Odisha
² The Pharmaceutical College,Tingipali,Barapali,Dist-Bargarh,Odisha
*nadugopal.1997@gmail.com

ABSTRACT:- The radioactive agents used in the nuclear medical field are called radiopharmaceuticals. A radiopharmaceutical is a drug, that contains a radionuclide in the form of a simple salt or a complex.  It may exist as a solid, liquid, gas or a pseudo gas. It is used in nuclear medicine for the diagnosis and therapy of many diseases. The chemical and physical identity and a form of a radiopharmaceutical are very important because in each case, once administered the radiopharmaceutical is intended to target certain tissues, binding sites, biochemical pathways. As the use of image has been increased, so has the use of prescription medications. These trends increase the risk of interactions between medications and radiopharmaceuticals. Many of the radiopharmaceuticals used for the diagnostic purpose, like C14 for pancreatic study and breath test, Cr51used for red cell volume and GFR measurement, Co57 used for gastrointestinal absorption. In radiopharmaceuticals, technetium has a versatile activity due to its large usage.  This review article describes the production of radiopharmaceutical, types of radiation source used in healthcare, diagnostic imaging technique, therapeutic application as well as advantage and disadvantage of radiopharmaceuticals or radiation therapy. The main aim of this review article is to describe how radiation source or radiopharmaceuticals affect the healthcare system.

OCT Medical Devices moved to Irvine, California for the first year in 2016, and we are pleased to say it proved a resounding success. As the only event to cater for the Southern California Medical device hub in Irvine, it brought together a variety of medical device companies of all sizes, including Medtronic, Edwards Lifesciences, Onciomed, Inc and St Jude Medical.  The encompassing agenda focussed on the most pressing topics within the industry, from emerging markets to medical device reimbursement, and it still stands as one of the leading clinical focussed events which encompasses discussions across the med-device industry.

North East Pharmaceutical Convention (NEPC) is a sincere initiative of Pharmacists from all sectors of the Pharmacy Profession of North Eastern states to create a platform for deliberating various issues related to Industry, regulatory, academia, hospital pharmacy and other related fields. North East due to its topographical location and connectivity with South Asian Nations has potential to be a major Pharmaceutical Hub of the country and can have significant contributions to the country export. NEPC is an effort to expose the potential of this region to get transformed into a Pharmaceutical Hub in the country under the Act East Policy launched in Nov 2014 and Make In India policy of the Government of India and thereby parade for North East Industrial Investment Promotion Policy (NEIIPP) to rejuvenate vibrant NE Region. This shall be helpful in creating awareness and more job opportunities for the thousands of aspiring Pharmacy professionals (e.g. D. Pharm, B. Pharm, M. Pharm, Pharm.D, PhD.) of the region. The NEPC is an attempt to evolve collective wisdom of Pharmacy Professionals of the region for formulating newer policies in the relevant fields and for the betterment of the profession and health care system.

Applications are invited for the recruitment of following position on contractual basis with consolidated pay under the DBT sponsored project entitled, “Chemical profiling of Joha and black rice of Assam for nutritional, nutraceutical parameters and aroma compounds” at Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST) Garchuk, Guwahati (Assam). Eligible and interested candidates can submit application.

Post : Scientist-C/Equivalent

Candidates of Indian nationality are invited to appear for the Walk-in test / interview for project appointments under the following project. Appointment shall be on contractual basis on consolidated pay renewable yearly or upto the duration of the project, whichever is earlier.

Post : Research Associate (1)