Profile:
Pharmacist, Chemist and similar professions, Researcher and Industrial Operator in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Functions:
The graduate in Pharmacy possesses the solid theoretical and applicative cultural bases of a professional capable of managing the entire sequence of the complex multidisciplinary process which, starting from the design, leads to the production, formulation, control and dispensation of the drug. After obtaining the professional qualification of Pharmacist, he/she can perform all the functions required by law for this profession and in particular:
- preparation of the pharmaceutical form of medicines in industry;
- control of medicines in a public or private medicine control laboratory;
- storage, preservation and distribution of medicines at the wholesale stage;
- preparation, control, storage and distribution of medicines in pharmacies open to the public;
- preparation, control, storage and distribution of medicines in public or private hospitals (hospital pharmacies);
- dissemination of information and advice in the field of medicines, cosmetic, dietetic and nutritional, herbal products, for the maintenance and protection of health status;
- formulation, production, packaging, quality and stability control and toxicological evaluation of cosmetic products;
- production of pesticides, pesticides and medical aids;
- analysis and control of the physical-chemical and hygienic characteristics of mineral waters;
- analysis and quality control of food products, including products destined for a particular diet;
- production and control of medical devices and medical-surgical devices;
- transformation, mixing, concentration and fractionation of parts of plants and their derivatives, both for therapeutic and herbal purposes.
Furthermore, graduates in Pharmacy have the possibility, according to the D.P.R. 5.6.2001 n.328, to take the State Examination for the registration to the section A of the Professional Register of Chemists, which allows the exercise of the relative professional activities.
The functions that graduates may have in these working areas are mostly related to: planning, research and development; biological analysis, qualitative and quantitative analysis of substances having biological or toxicological activity; production and formulation; quality control; patenting, registration and marketing; promotion, distribution and marketing; management positions of laboratories; everything required by the profession of pharmacist and the profession of chemist.
Skills:
The skills associated with the pharmacist function are:
- knowledge of medicines and substances used for their manufacture;
- knowledge of pharmaceutical technology and physical, chemical, biological and microbiological control of medicines;
- knowledge of the metabolism and effects of medicines, as well as the action of toxic substances and the use of the medicines themselves;
- knowledge enabling to evaluate scientific data concerning medicinal products to be evaluated so that appropriate information can be provided on this basis;
- knowledge of the rules and conditions governing the exercise of pharmaceutical activities.
Professional opportunities:
Graduates in Pharmacy carry out their professional activity at: public or private pharmacies; hospital pharmacies; chemical-pharmaceutical, biotechnological, food, cosmetic and health products industries; CRO (clinical research monitoring company); service company for the pharmaceutical and life science sector; public and private laboratories of chemical-toxicological, environmental and biochemical clinical analysis; industries that operate in the toxicological-environmental field; regulatory agencies; schools, universities and other public and private research institutions.