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| Formation | 1976 |
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| Headquarters | Rahat 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] PCB training and registration is compulsory for people selling medicine. [2] [3]
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]
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.
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 in the Pharmacy Act 2013. [5]
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 pharmacy. [6]
Three types of courses are conducted by PCB; Category A for undergraduate level, Category B for diploma certificate courses of one to three years duration, and Category C for three-month 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[ clarification needed ]. [7]
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