About
the Book:
"Pharmacy Law and Ethics" is an
exhaustive resource that provides a comprehensive understanding of pharmacy law
and ethics for Diploma in Pharmacy students. The book is designed to cover the
entire Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) syllabus, as per the Education
Regulation, 2020. It includes topics such as FSSAI Act, Pharmaceutical
Regulatory Bodies, Good Regulatory Practices, and Bioethics, which are essential
for pharmacists to stay updated with recent developments in their professional
domain. The author's approach is to provide clear and straightforward
information, making the subject easily understandable for students. |
Contents:
1. General Principles of Law, History, and Various Acts Related to
Drugs and the Pharmacy Profession
2. Pharmacy Act 1948 and Rules
3. Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 and Rules 1945 and New Amendments
4. Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 and Rules
5. Drug and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisement) Act 1954
6. Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act-1960
7. Poison Act-1919
8. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
9. DPCO
10. Code of Ethics
11. Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act and Rules
12. Government Pharma Regulatory Bodies
13. Good Regulatory Practices
14. Introduction to BCS System
15. Blood Bank
16. Clinical Establishment Act and Rules
17. Biomedical Waste Management Rules 2016
18. Bioethics
19. Introduction to Consumer Protection Act
20. Introduction to Disaster
Management Act 21. Medical Devices |
About the Authors:
Akhlesh K. Jain is currently working as an
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics at School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru
Ghasidas Central University, Bilaspur, India and having 20 years of teaching and
research experience. He has graduated
from Dr. H S Gour University and received his PhD degree in Formulation Science
from Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad, India (20007) and
Postdoctoral training at Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, University
College Cork, Cork, Ireland and National University of Singapore, Singapore
(2008-2011). He also worked as Senior Scientist at Central Drug Research
Institute, Lucknow India. He is the recipient of many reputed fellowships
including Junior Research Fellowship and CSIR- SRF for research. Dr. Jain has
authored more than 60 scientific publications in peer reviewed journals with
total citations of more than 1200 and h-index 17. He has also authored Five
Book and Six book chapters at national and international level. He has
successfully investigated two Research project and guided three PhD.
Students. He is an inventor of one
international Patent and five Indian patents. His research focused on
Nanoparticles, Nanocarriers based delivery systems, Mucosal vaccination,
Noninvasive protein delivery and Ligand conjugated colloidal carriers for
cancer therapy.
Dr. Balak Das Kurmi (M. Pharm,
Ph.D) is a
Professor and Head, Department of Pharmaceutics / Pharmaceutical Quality
Assurance and Regulatory Affairs at ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, Punjab,
India.
He
previously associated with Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central
University), Bilaspur (C.G.), as a DST-SERB Project Fellow and Ph.D. Scholar.
He earned his B. Pharm and M. Pharm (Pharmaceutics) from Dr. Hari Singh Gour
(A- Central University) Sagar, M.P., India. Dr. Kurmi supervised 05 Ph.D. and
28 M. Pharm students. He published >125Research / Review articles, 03 Books,
and > 20Book Chapters. He has also secured two Research Project Grants from
the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi. He is an expert in novel
drug delivery systems i.e., liposomes, nanoparticles, micelles, SLNs, and
dendrimers. |
