Pharmacy Council of Bangladesh

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Pharmacy Council of Bangladesh
Formation1976;47 years ago (1976)
HeadquartersRahat Tower (5th Floor) 14 Link Road, West Banglamotor, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali and English
Website Pharmacy Council of Bangladesh

Pharmacy Council of Bangladesh (PCB) is the organization established under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Bangladesh as a regulatory body for pharmacy education and profession. [1] If you want to get permission to sell medicine in any part of Bangladesh, first of all you have to take a specific training from here compulsorily and only after completing the registration you can get permission to sell medicine. [2] [3]

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History

The Bangladesh Pharmacy Council was established as a separate part of the Health Services Division of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Bangladesh in 1976, which was later reorganized as the Pharmacy Act 2013. [1]

Aims and objectives

This is stated as the aim of the institution [4] -

Pharmacy education is conducted in such public and private educational institutions through the development of good governance and management to achieve excellence in higher education and innovative research, to ensure the provision of overall facilities to universities and institutes of health technologies to build a sustainable socio-economic development and knowledge-based economy.

Program

The Bangladesh Pharmacy Council was established as a separate part of the Health Services Department of (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Bangladesh)) in 1976, which was later reorganized as the Pharmacy Act 2013. [5] -

Role in public health

According to the prevailing rules in Bangladesh, it is mandatory to have a drug license from the Directorate General of Drug Administration and a certificate of completion of the pharmacist course from the Bangladesh Pharmacy Council to set up any kind of drug store in any part of the country. [6]

Course Conduct and Certification

Total three types of courses are conducted by PCB; Category A is awarded for undergraduate level, Category B is awarded for diploma certificate courses of one to three years duration and Category C is awarded for three months duration courses. [6] Bangladesh Pharmacy Council grants certificates after completion of various training and education in pharmacy from various educational institutions of the country. [1] A few years ago, this institution also gave certificates to graduates from various universities of the country on the basis of passing the examination, which later, due to the violation of the law, the provision of giving without examination has been introduced at present. [7]

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