ANSWERS of Previous PharmaQUIZ-35:

1.D    2.A    3.A    4.A    5.B

6.D    7.C    8.B    9.C    10.C

Originally Gujarat based Company presence of 35 years in Pharma formulation having own marketing setup as well as 3rd party/loan licence activity at Gujarat and Dehradun plant.

Post: QC officer

Originally Gujarat based Company presence of 35 years in Pharma formulation having own marketing setup as well as 3rd party/loan licence activity at Gujarat and Dehradun plant.

Post: Officer – QA

About Authors:
Shalini Sharma, Manoj Prashar
Manav Bharti University,
Solan

ABSTRACT
Stomach specific mucoadhesive drug delivery system(MADDS) is one of the most prominent and latest system which sustain drug blood concentration and controlling the rate of drug delivery to the target tissue. These systems interact with mucin molecule and mucous layer covering the mucosal epithelial surface and prolong the residence time of the dosage form at the site of application or absorption and thus contribute to improve or better therapeutic performance of drug. This review article also present the polymer used for preparation of mucoadhesive tablet, mechanism of mucoadhesion, factor affecting mucoadhesion and recent developments or techniques in formulation of mucoadhesive tablet and invitro and invivo evaluation of mucoadhesive tablets.

About Authors:
Jomy Joy, Dr. Anantha Nagappa
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Manipal University,
Karnataka, India

ABSTRACT
In the age of information, the applications of business have become not only simple but also of high impact. The impact of internet on society can be felt by popularity of social media like Facebook, twitter, orkut etc. The application of internet to access drugs and diagnostics which begin early in advent of infoage has matured into portals or virtual drugs stores popularly known as internet pharmacy. The advent of internet pharmacy and access of drugs and diagnostics is gaining popularity due to cost effectiveness, high speed delivery to door step of patients. The patient can order medicines from their own home in privacy.

The Tuberculosis Research Centre (TRC), a permanent institute under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), is an internationally recognized institution for Tuberculosis (TB) research. It is a Supranational Reference Laboratory and a WHO Collaborating Centre for TB Research and Training. Recently, an International Centre for Excellence in Research (ICER) in collaboration with NIH was established at the Centre.

KlinEra has been partnering with pharmaceutical, biotech and device companies since 1999, providing innovative and customized clinical services to their client’s. Today, a decade’s presence in the Clinical Research Arena has made it a mature, comprehensive, creditworthy clinical research organization with offices in Mumbai, India and in San Jose, CA, USA.

The Council's Regional Medical Research Centre for Tribals set up, in 1984, at Jabalpur, addresses itself mainly to the study of the health and nutritional problems of the tribal populations, including nutritional disorders, common communicable diseases, environmental health problems, etc. This Centre provides assistance in planning, monitoring and evaluation of tribal health and other developmental programmes in tribal areas of India (including Madhya Pradesh) and also in training health functionaries.

The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER) is an Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament under the aegis of Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India. The institute is located at S.A.S. Nagar, Punjab adjoining Chandigarh the City Beautiful.

ICMR has established eight Biomedical Informatics centres at SGPGI Lukhnow, PGI Chandigarh, AIIMS New Delhi, NIRRH Mumbai, TRC Chennai, NICED Kolkata, NIN Hyderabad, RMRC Patna and a coordinating unit at ICMR Hqrds, New Delhi. The centres were established with objectives:
*To develop new methodologies and solutions for prevention and amelioration of diseases of national importance
*To develop and support databases of specific clinical findings and Biomedical data

one post of SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW under ICMR funded project entitled “National Network for genotyping of human lymphatic filarial parasite Wucherria gancrotti from different endemic areas”.  The selected candidates will be appointed for a period of one year only.

Post: SRF

Recognising the high incidence of tuberculosis around Dharmasthala, a modern TB Sanatorium was established at Laila under the aegis of the Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Medical Trust. Now it has been turned into a general hospital since April 2003 as private institutions are not allowed to treat tuberculosis patients.

About Authors:
Rakesh Bhatia
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Chemistry,
Jaipur National University, Jaipur-302025,
Rajasthan, India

ABSTRACT
QSAR has been applied extensively and successfully over several decades to find predictive models for activity of bioactive agents. QSAR have brought revolution in drug discovery process by thedevelopment of mathematicalrelationships linking chemical structures and pharmacological activity in quantitative manner of series of compound. The mathematical relationships between molecular descriptors and activity are used to find the parameters affecting the biological activity and/or estimate the property of other molecules. Description of the molecular structure, electronic orbital reactivity and the role of structural and steric components have been the subject of mathematical and statistical analysis. This review seeks to provide an evolution of QSAR and development of receptor theory.

KlinEra has been partnering with pharmaceutical, biotech and device companies since 1999, providing innovative and customized clinical services to their client’s. Today, a decade’s presence in the Clinical Research Arena has made it a mature, comprehensive, creditworthy clinical research organization with offices in Mumbai, India and in San Jose, CA, USA.

ANSWERS of Previous PharmaQUIZ-34:

1.A    2.A    3.B    4.B    5.C

6.D    7.A    8.A    9.D    10.A

Undergraduate or Postgraduate Scholarship for students from Canada , China , India , USA in Different subjects at National University of Ireland, Galway 2012

Study Subject: Various

About Authors:
Soujanya J, Silambujanaki P, Leela Krishna V
Department of Pharmacology, SRM College of Pharmacy,
SRM University, Kattankulathur-603203,
Kancheepuram Dist.,
Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract
Holoptelea integrifolia, Planch. is a widely used herb in traditional medical systems of India.It is an important pollen allergen of India andsensitizes almost 10% of the atopic population in Delhi.Various parts of Holoptelea integrifolia, a roadside plant, are indicated by Charaka Samhitha, Sushrutha Samhitha and other traditional systems for the treatment of inflammations, acid gastritis, dyspepsia, flatulence, colic, intestinal worms, vomiting, wounds, vitiligo, leprosy, filariasis, diabetes, haemorrhoids, dysmenorrhoea and rheumatism.The present review is therefore, an effort to give a detailed survey of the literature on its pharmacological, traditional and phytochemical properties

About Authors:
Das Saumya¹*, Basu saumya Priya¹, Das Manas Kumar², Das Sanjita¹
1. Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, NIET, Greater Noida, U.P., India.
2. Department of Pharmacy,
IEC-CET,
Greater Noida, U.P.,
India.

Introduction
Cancer has been one of the greatest scourges of mankind since time immemorial. It may be regarded as a series of malignant diseases characterized by (i) abnormal growth of cells (ii) ability to invade adjacent tissues and even distant organs and (iii) the eventual death of the affected patient if the tumor has progressed beyond the stage where it can be successfully removed. The incidence of cancer is expected to rise worldwide notably because of increase in life expectancy, changes in lifestyle patterns and environmental factors. Over the years, an increased understanding of cancer at cellular, molecular and genetic levels is opening up enormous opportunities to interrupt its initiation and progression. Although rapid strides have been made in treatment of cancer, there still remain many stumbling blocks in achieving cancer prevention and cure.