A pharmacist, also known as a chemist or a druggist, is a healthcare professional who dispenses medications and who provides advice on their effective use, with the aim of preventing disease and promoting public health. Pharmacists often serve as primary care providers in the community, and may offer other services such as health screenings and immunizations.
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia was a private university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On June 1, 2022, it officially merged into Saint Joseph's University.
Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links health sciences with pharmaceutical sciences and natural sciences. The professional practice is becoming more clinically oriented as most of the drugs are now manufactured by pharmaceutical industries. Based on the setting, pharmacy practice is either classified as community or institutional pharmacy. Providing direct patient care in the community of institutional pharmacies is considered clinical pharmacy.
The American Pharmacists Association, founded in 1852, is the first-established professional society of pharmacists in the United States. The association consists of more than 62,000 practicing pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, student pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and others interested in the profession. Nearly all U.S. pharmacy specialty organizations were originally a section or part of this association.
Pharmacy in China involves the activities engaged in the preparation, standardization and dispensing of drugs, and its scope includes the cultivation of plants that are used as drugs, the synthesis of chemical compounds of medicinal value, and the analysis of medicinal agents. Pharmacists in China are responsible for the preparation of the dosage forms of drugs, such as tablets, capsules, and sterile solutions for injection. They compound physicians', dentists', and veterinarians' prescriptions for drugs. Pharmacological activities are also closely related to pharmacy in China.
A pharmacy is a retail shop which provides pharmaceutical drugs, among other products. At the pharmacy, a pharmacist oversees the fulfillment of medical prescriptions and is available to counsel patients about prescription and over-the-counter drugs or about health problems and wellness issues. A typical pharmacy would be in the commercial area of a community.
DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences is an open access peer-reviewed medical journal that was established in 1990. It covers all aspects of the pharmaceutical sciences. The editor-in-chief is Mohammad Abdollahi. The journal is published by BioMed Central on behalf of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education is the official publication of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. According to the editors, the journal's purpose is "to document and advance pharmaceutical education in the United States and Internationally."
Molecular Pharmaceutics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on the molecular mechanistic understanding of drug delivery and drug delivery systems, including physical and pharmaceutical chemistry, biochemistry and biophysics, molecular and cellular biology, and polymer and materials science.
The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy is located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and includes a satellite campus at UNC Asheville. The Asheville School of Pharmacy campus opened in 2011, and graduated its first class in 2015.
The Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics is a peer-reviewed open-access medical journal published by Medknow Publications on behalf of the B.R. Nahata Smriti Sansthan. Articles address topics in pharmaceutics, biopharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacognosy, pharmacology, pharmaceutical analysis, pharmacy practice, and clinical and hospital pharmacy.
The Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences is a bimonthly peer-reviewed open-access medical journal covering pharmaceutics, biopharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacognosy, pharmacology, pharmaceutical analysis, pharmacy practice, and clinical and hospital pharmacy. Since March 2016, it is published on behalf of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association by OMICS International, which is included in Jeffrey Beall's list of "potential, possible, or probable predatory publishers". OMICS International replaced Medknow Publications, which had published the journal for 10 years. It was established in 1939 as the Indian Journal of Pharmacy, with M.L. Schroff as founding editor-in-chief.
The Journal of Controlled Release is a biweekly peer-reviewed medical journal and the official journal of the Controlled Release Society. The journal covers research on the controlled release and delivery of drugs and other biologically active agents. Announcements and reports of future meetings pertaining to the activities of the Controlled Release Society are also included.
The Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier on behalf of the American Pharmacists Association, with the support of the International Pharmaceutical Federation. It is also published simultaneously by Wiley. It deals with the science of pharmacology and related biotechnology
The Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of pharmacy and pharmacology. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. It is an official journal of the British Pharmaceutical Conference. It was established in 1870 and acquired its current title in 1949. The editor-in-chief is D. Jones.
The Journal of the American Pharmacists Association is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering pharmacy-related topics. It was established in 1912, published as Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association with slightly varying title until 1977, as American Pharmacist, then again as the Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association ; it obtained its current title in 2003, and is the official journal of the American Pharmacists Association. The current editor-in-chief is Pamela Heaton, PhD, BSPharm, MS.
The Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences is a bimonthly peer-reviewed open access medical journal covering pharmaceutical sciences. It was established in 1988 and is published by the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi. The editor-in-chief is Iqbal Azhar.
Archives of Pharmacal Research is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on pharmacology. It was established in 1976 and is published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea, of which it is the official journal. The editor-in-chief is Seok-Yong Lee. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 4.946.
The Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research is a quarterly peer-reviewed open-access medical journal covering pharmaceutics, biopharmaceutics, pharmaceutical analysis, pharmacy practice, clinical pharmacy, and pharmacy education. It is published by the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India and the editor-in-chief is M. Ahmed.
The Archiv der Pharmazie is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of chemistry in the life sciences. The journal was established in 1822 and is published by Wiley-VCH on behalf of the Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft. Until 2019, the editor-in-chief was Holger Stark. He was succeeded in 2020 by Andreas Link.
