OCTOBER 2014
Improvement is the need of every profession and pharmacy education needs it most. As per present scenario Pharmacy students are not learning challenges faced by pharmaceutical industry and which is the main reason behind their struggle for job. Though opportunities are not dried in pharma field but industries need perfect candidate who can lead them ahead. It’s really pleasre to add that government is also working towards improvement of pharma profession in India. This issues editorial focus on some ways for pharma students to grab their choice of field or department with extra efforts.
‘It is the need of the hour to take the quality complaints seriously instead of pretending not to be heard’, stats the first article on product quality complaint management in pharma industry. Author covered all the points swiftly and clearly. This issue contain various reviews on ebola virus disease, diabetic foot ulcer, validation parameters, determination of itopride, alternatives to the draize eye test, Raynaud’s disease, local anaesthesia, analytical method and determination of edaravone, snake bite and anti snake venom, anti-diabetic agent and case report on Ogilvie’s syndrome.
October's issue includes few but important researches like formulation evaluation and optimization of mebendazole colon targeted sustain release pellets and evaluation of isoniazid; this issue also includes development and validation of HPTLC method for estimation of tapentadol and validation of combined dosage of sildenafil citrate and dapoxetine hydrochloride.