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Registration
under Sec.32(2) of the Pharmacy Act, 1948 :
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® No. of
Registered Pharmacists in Maharashtra
as on 30th
November, 2007
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92714
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® No. of
Pharmacists register with Maharashtra State Pharmacy Council every
year
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6000
approx.
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® No. of
PCI approved Pharmacy Degree Colleges in Maharashtra
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53
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® Their Intake Capacity
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2890
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® No. of
PCI approved Pharmacy Diploma Institutions In Maharashtra
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103
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® Their Intake Capacity
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6250
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Pharmacist's Professional Profile (PPP): Professional
Identity card which is supplementary to registration
certificate. May be used to check the malpractices in
the profession.
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® No. of
PPPs issued to Registered Pharmacists as on 30th November, 2007
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63241
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® Total No. of new PPP/ PPP renewal Camps arranged
by Council
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61
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Pharmacy Inspectors : Appointed 5 Pharmacy Inspectors to
implement the provisions of sec.42 of the
Pharmacy Act,1948 in the
state of Maharashtra.
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® No. of Inspections carried out till 31st October, 2007
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17768
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® Private clinics/dispensaries/hospitals
inspected
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15450
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® Central Govt./State Govt./Semi Govt. &
Charitable Trust institutions Inspected
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994
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® Unregistered Medical Practitioners (Bogus)
found
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1324
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Felicitation :
Felicitation of the Pharmacists who have done meritorious job in the various
fields of Pharmacy.
Also felicitated top ranking students of D.Pharm., B.Pharm. & M.Pharm.
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Refresher Courses for Registered Pharmacists
The Maharashtra State Pharmacy Council, Mumbai has started organizing
Refresher Courses for Registered Pharmacists – Community & Hospital
Pharmacists at various places in Maharashtra
State. MSPC has its own
refresher course hall with sitting capacity of around 40 with required
infrastructure. Also Council has authorized CIPPARA institute to conduct
refresher course in Vidharba and Marathwada region of Maharashtra.
The Intention is to acquaint the Registered Pharmacists working as Drug
Retailer and Hospital Pharmacists with the information which will be useful
to them in their day to day practice. The information includes some of the
recent trends in Pharmaceutical practice and Sciences.
We have
identified certain topics which may be important to practicing Pharmacists.
As per the directives from Pharmacy Council of India and also inline with the
proposed amendments of the Pharmacy Act 1948 it will be mandatory for a
registered pharmacist to attend minimum two such courses in a span of five
years for renewal of registration.
In many
advanced countries such professional upgradation programmes are already
mandatory for renewal of registration The course benefits the registered
Pharmacists by giving them ideas about recent most advances in the field and
update their knowledge. The feedback so far received from the participants is
very encouraging.
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Refresher Courses
(Continued Education Programme - CEP) :
Council has in its premises Refresher
Course Hall with required modern infrastructure.
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® No. of Refresher Courses conducted by
Maharashtra State Pharmacy Council till 30th November, 2007
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71
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® No. of Registered Pharmacists participated
in these Refresher Courses
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7061
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® No. of
Pharmacists Felicitated till 30th November, 2007
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35
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Drug Information Centre (DIC) :
http://dic.mspcindia.org
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® DIC has responded to the queries from
various medical/paramedical/professionals/common man by
using
authentic databases till 30th November, 2007
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Above
1200
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® Quarterly Drug Information Bulletin - No.of
issues published till 30th
November, 2007
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11
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® Director,DIC attended various national
& international training programmes
sponsored by World Health
Organization (WHO) and has undertaken various WHO funded projects.
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® In near future, DIC may become a peripheral
ADR (Adverse Drug Reactions) reporting centre in National
Pharmacovigilance programme of Government of India.
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® Books published by DIC : 1) Drug Interactions Manual 2) Drugs Harmful in Pregnancy. Book
under
publication :-
3) Drugs to be used in Renal
& Hepatic Injury. ( These are based on highly authenticated
data
from WHO Model formulary 2004 Edition and
the price is only to recover printing cost towards the
same).
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® DIC has prepared Drug Information Leaflets
(DILs) on major diseases and drugs in
English & Marathi.
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® DRUG INTERACTION CHECKER FOR
PRESECRIPTIONS (DICP)- DIC has launched this CD to detect
Drug-Drug Interactions in any given prescription to be dispensed by
the pharmacist. Five therapeutic
systems - antihypertensive, antidiabetic, antianginals, lipid
lowering, antibiotics, have been
covered in
this program.
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® PATIENT COUSELING COURSE - DIC has
started Training course in Patient Counseling for
Community Pharmacists. No. of courses conducted till 30th November, 2007
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5
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® DIC is starting Short Certificate Course in
CLINICAL PHARMACY for Community as well as hospital
pharmacists.
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