KLE University’s College of Pharmacy conducts National Pharmacy Week
KLE University’s College of Pharmacy, Belgaum had chalked out a plan to create an awareness about the role of a pharmacist as a healthcare professional.   This was in accordance with this year’s National Pharmacy Week theme “Pharmacist — a healthcare professional” which was observed between Nov 21 to 26, 2011.
During the week-long celebrations, the Indian Pharmaceutical Association local branch Belgaum conducted a 2-km rally.  The rally was inaugurated by Prof. Chandrakant Kokate, Vice Chancellor, KLE University, Belgaum along with dignitaries including Deputy Drug Controller, Drug Inspector, Belgaum district, Prof, F V Manvi, Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy, KLE University, Prof, A D Taranalli, Principal, KLEU’s College of Pharmacy, Prof. M S Ganachari, President, IPA local branch. Pfizer’s Lipitor, the best-selling drug of all time. The first generic versions will go for sale, marking the end of a brand that has dominated the drug industry, lowered the cholesterol of tens of millions of patients, and generated more in annual sales than Major League Baseball or the entire box office of U.S. movies.
There may never be another medicine like it. That’s because of fundamental shifts in our understanding of biology, because of the demands made by patients, doctors, and society on new drugs, and because new drugs now have to compete with the super-cheap, generic versions of every medicine ever invented. Already, eight of ten prescriptions are for generics, and the drug industry is focusing on higher priced, specialty products for patients who are not helped by existing options. Good luck creating a new cholesterol drug as potent, safe for most people, and widely tested as Lipitor. Read more…
