Pharmacy Benefit Management

Introduction Pharmaceutical sales representatives, also known as drug representatives or pharmaceutical salespeople, provide drug information and product samples to physicians. A pharmaceutical representative typically represents a particular drug or group of drugs from their company and meet with physicians who specialize in that specific medical field. In comparison to pharmaceutical sales, agricultural sales representatives sell equipment used for growing food and raising animals on farms…

I am writing to express my strong interest in the PGY1 pharmacy practice residency program at the University of North Carolina Medical Center (UNCMC). I have had the pleasure to meet you, Dr. Rao, and some of the current PGY1 residents at the ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting; where we went through a very informative overview of the PGY1 residency program at UNCMC and I have had a great discussion with the PGY1 residents. As you may know, I am a fourth-year student at the University of Illinois at…

India’s drug industry has changed dramatically over the past thirty years. Their drug industry was almost nonexistent in the 1970’s. Today India is a top provider of pharmaceuticals to the world and India’s industry provides over 90% of their country’s drug needs. Globally the Indian industry is fourth overall in volume, and ranks thirteenth in value. Combined these ranks put the Indian market very near the top. This success is due to India’s government implementing new rules for the industry,…

Three hundred sixty five days after November 19th, 2000, a fully grown, peaceful, knowledgeable women, who I love to call my mother, laid out multiple objects on the cold, clean marble floor for me to choose from. The objects laid out on the thick and hard flooring include: a used notebook, a dead battery, a calculator, a stethoscope and a wooden twelve-inch ruler. Out of these objects, I, still just an infant, picked up the stethoscope without realizing. Although my memories of this event are…

Farida Ize Abdulkadir 15903066 Role of pharmacists in improving medication adherence Content I. Definition of Adherence II. Types of adherence III. What is non-adherence IV. Types of non-adherence V. Reasons for non-adherence VI. Methods used to detect adherence or non-adherence towards medication VII. Definition of medication adherence VIII. Importance of medication adherence IX. Role of pharmacist in improving medication adherence X. Conclusion. Definition Adherence to medication can be…

Pharmaceutical synthesis involves various methods and techniques. These techniques are crucial and require profound knowledge and understanding of the chemistry and handling of drug compounds. A pharmaceutical drug (also referred to as a pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical preparation, pharmaceutical product, medicinal product, medicine, medication, medicament, or simply a drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.[1] Most drugs are natural: collected from sources such as…

As a result, I had become fascinated with the way a pharmacy functioned that I immediately decided to take a step up the ladder by obtaining a technician trainee certification. Working at this pharmacy had generated a turning point in my life. After almost working two years at this retail pharmacy, I had convinced myself that I wanted to pursue a career as a pharmacist. What better way to aid people than by providing them…

society so their issues will usually be more promoted than women. Viagra managed to be a drug that could easily be created for men and help them in their sexual disorder, but why does it take so long for women? Also, why are their more risks and less benefits for women in their treatments and why isn’t anyone working harder to figure out the issues? Women also feel insecure about their disorder way…

Kimball Atwood in his article ‘‘Acupuncture Anesthesia’ Redux: another Skeptic and an Unfortunate Misportrayal at the NCCAM” explores the issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine. In “Alternative Medicine — The Risks of Untested and Unregulated Remedies”, Marcia Angell and Jerome Kassirer talk about the alternative medicine that sets it apart from ordinary medicine. The arguments marginalize Chinese medicine work. Kimball argues that the analysis of the report…

What are the ethical issues in this case? There are several ethical issues involved with the marketing done by Big Pharma. There concerned about making the most money with their drugs rather than focus on develop newer drugs. I think it is completely unethical that the companies, “ starts its promotion techniques while the doctors are still in medical school. The companies start early in trying to persuade the young doctors to prescribe their products by inundating them with logo-infested…