Drug Inspector & Junior Analyst

Drug Inspector & Junior Analyst

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    Mark anthem
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    Pharmaceuticals
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Course Summary

The course aims to equip participants with the knowledge and skills required to work as Drug Inspectors or Junior Analysts in the pharmaceutical industry. It covers a range of topics related to drug regulation, quality control, and analytical techniques used in pharmaceutical analysis.

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  • The physical, physio-chemical and engineering principles governing design, layout and operation of plants for the process employed in pharmaceutical industry
  • Unit operations: size reduction, size separation, mixing, compression, filtration, centrifugation, extraction, evaporation, drying, distillation, crystallization.
  • Industrial Hazards and Safety Precautions: Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Fire and Dust hazards, Industrial dermatitis, Accident records. Containers, closures and packaging materials.
  • Reformulation Studies
  • Pharmaceutical excipients: Antioxidants, preservatives, Coloring, Flavoring and Sweetening agents, Solvents.
  • Facts related with formulation: Physical properties, particle size. Crystal from, flow cohesiveness. Solubility. Chemical properties, Hydrolysis. Oxidation racemization, enzymatic decompositions. pH determination, application, buffer equation, buffer capacity, buffered isotonic solutions; Micrometrics: Particle size determinations, derived propertiesof powders; Interfacial phenomenon : HLB values surfactants, factors influencinginterfacial phenomenon, Critical micellar concentration, Electrical properties atinterface;
  • Coarse dispersions: Suspensions and emulsions, Theories ofemulsification, multiple emulsions.
  • Pharmaceutical calculations: Calculations of doses, alcohol dilutions, proof spirit,isotonic solutions.
  • Nuclear Pharmacy-Introduction to Radiopharmaceuticals, radioactive half-life, units of radioactivity. Production of radiopharmaceuticals, methods of isotopic tagging, preparation of radioisotopes in laboratory using radiation dosimetry and radioisotope generators. Permissible radiation dose level, radiation hazards, their prevention and specifications for radioactive laboratory.
  • Good Manufacturing Practice.
  • Quality control of the following formulations: Semisolids, Solid dosage forms, Liquid dosage forms, Parenteral and ophthalmic preparations.
  • New Drug Delivery Systems: Aerosols, Ouster, Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems, Osmotic Drug Delivery Systems, Targeted Drug Delivery Systems,Prolonged Drug Delivery Systems.
  • Cosmetics: Dentifrices, Lipsticks, Face powders, shampoos, depilatories and Manicure preparations.

    Blood Products and Plasma Substitutes:

  • Collection, processing and storageof whole human blood, concentrated human RBCs, dried human plasma, human fibrinogen, human thrombin, human normal immunoglobulin, human fibrin foam, plasma substitutes, ideal requirements of PVP, dextran, etc. Control of blood products as per IP.
  • Basics of pharmacokinetic studies and their importance

    • Pharmaceutical Biotechnology:

  • General principles of immunology, immunologicaltechniques used in pharmacy; Sterilization of different pharmaceutical dosage forms; Sterility Testing; Methods of preparation of official sera and vaccines; Microbiological assays of antibiotics and vitamins of the pharmacopeia;Disinfectants- Classification, Mechanism and uses of disinfectants in brief. Factors affecting disinfection and methods of disinfectant evaluation.
  • Immunological: Preparation and quality control of products representing various categories like Toxoids– Diphtheria and TetanusLive Bacterial Vaccines– BCG
  • Killed Bacterial Vaccines– Cholera, DPT
  • Viral Vaccines– Polio, Rabies and small pox
  • Antitoxins– Diphtheria
  • Chemistry of Alkaloids, Vitamins, Flavonoids, Glycosides, steroids, terpenes,vitamins and hormones.
  • Catalytic hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, metal hydride reduction. Reduction with hydrazine and its derivatives, Birch reduction, Clemenson’s reduction, Merwin – Ponndrof reduction, oxidation with periodic acid, lead tetra acetate, mercuric acetate and selenium oxide. Beckmann rearrangement, Schmidt rearrangement and Drazen’s reaction.
  • Synthesis, properties, test for purity, storage of the following categories of drugs - Analgesics and Antipyretics, Anti-inflammatory, Hypnotics and sedatives, Anticonvulsant, Anti-psychotics, Anti-histamines, Sympathomimetics, Adrenergic antagonists, Cholinomimetics and anti-cholinergic, Local Anesthetics, Anti- hypertensives, Anti-anginal, Sulphonamides, antibiotics, Anti-TB, Anti-Viral, Anti-Fungal, Antimalarials, Anti-Neoplastic.
  • Principles and Pharmacopeial Assay Procedures involving Non-aqueous Titration, Oxidation-Reduction, Diazotization, complexometric methods,electrometric titration, gravimetric analysis.
  • Polarimetry and refractometry, and geometric analysis of oils, fats and waxes.

    • Chromatography:

  • TLC, Column, Paper, GC, Ion exchange, HPLC, HPTLC, Gel electrophoresis.
  • Theory, principle, instruments and applications of colorimetry, UV- Visible Spectrometry, Fluorimetry, Nephelometry, Turbidometry, IR, Mass, NMR, RIA.

    General Pharmacology:

  • Routes of administration, Absorption, distribution, Biotransformation and Excretion of drugs, Bioavailability and bio equivalence, Factors affecting bioavailability, Mechanism of action of drugs at receptor level, adverse drug reaction.

    • Drugs acting on Central Nervous system:

  • Analgesics, Nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs, Sedatives and Hypnotic, Anti convulsant and Antipsychotic drugs. Drugs used in parkinsonism

    • Drugs acting on Autonomic Nervous system:

  • Drugs which influence the working of autonomic nervous system, Adrenergic drugs (or) sympathomimetic drugs, Adrenergicblocking drugs, Cholinergic drugs and cholinergic blocking drugs, Drugs acting on autonomic ganglia.
  • Drug acting on cardiovascular system: cardiac glycosides, Anti hypertensive, anti arrhythmic and anti anginal drugs.
  • Diuretics & anti diuretics.
  • Drugs acting on GIT.
  • Insulin and oral anti diabetic drugs, Thyroid and anti-thyroidal drugs, oralcontraceptives. Hormone replacement therapy, drugs acting on uterus.
  • Antihistaminic drugs and Drugs used in Migraine.
  • Chemotherapy: sulphonamides penicillin’s, cephalosporins, quinolones, Tetracyclines, Aminoglycosides, Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis, leprosy, malaria, cancer , Amoebiasis, Helminthiasis.
  • Toxicology: Systematic & local treatment of poisoning and their treatment
  • General principles of cultivation and collection of drugs from wild & cultivated sources, their merits and demerits, factors affecting cultivation, adulterants and their detection.
  • Plant growth regulators.Source, synonym, cultivation, collection, preparation for market, diagnostic characters (both macroscopical and microscopical). Constituents, substituents, adulterants and uses of Cinnamon, Cinchona, Senna, digitalis, Clove, Saffron, Pyrethrum. Cochineal, Ergot, opium, Aloe, Acacia, Tragacanth, Benzoin, Ginseng Brahmi, Dioscorea, Cascara, Gelatin, umbelliferous fruits, spirulina, nux vomica,ginseng, belladonna, Taxol , vinca.
  • Principle and application plant tissue culture.
  • Basics of fermentation technology & production of Antibiotics, Vitamins.
  • Bio synthetic pathways of Tropane alkaloids, Cholesterol, amino acids.
  • WHO Guidelines for herbal medicines.
  • Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 and Rules 1945.
  • Pharmacy Act 1948.



Instructor
S. AMUTHALAKSHMI
 Associate Professor

Dr. S. Amuthalakshmi Associate Professor, completed her M.pharm Ph.d in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Worked in reputed academic institutions, 19 years of teaching experience. I have 15 years of Research experience, 35 national and international publications, and filed an Indian patent.

Eligibility
Minimum Age 18 Years
Maximum Age No Age Limit (SCs, SC(A)s, STs, MBCs/DCs, BC(OBCM)s, BCMs and Destitute Widows of all categories),
Should not have completed 30 Years (General)
Qualification Graduate from recognized university

Exam Pattern
Section Subject No. of Questions Duration Maximum Marks
Paper Ⅰ 1. Pharmacy /Pharmaceutical Sciences (Degree standard)
2. Clinical Pharmacology (P.G.Degree standard)
3. M.D.Microbiology (P.G.Degree Standard)
4. Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Degree standard)
5. Chemistry (Degree standard) 		200 3 hours 300
Paper II General Studies (Degree Standard)
Aptitude and Mental Ability Test (SSLC Standard) 		100 2 hours 200
Interview and Records 70
Total 300 5 hours 570

Course Features

  • Course Duration : 90 Days
  • Classes : Weekdays & Weekends
  • Class Type : Online & Offline
  • Quizzes : 60
Fees : ₹25000 Enroll Now

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