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Medicines Consumption in Pakistan – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1017 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1017 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Anna Tarazevich Credit: Pavel Danilyuk Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko Preamble Pharmaceutical industry is among major industries of Pakistan, and it is a significant and integral part of healthcare in the country.  The volume of drug sales at the pharmacies is over one trillion rupees. The number of drugs runs into thousands. Being largely a generic market, multiple brands of the same drugs. There are over 700 manufacturing companies and a fairly big number of marketing companies.  Generally, Pakistanis are not hypochondriac – means we are not overtly sensitive about our health. We usually don’t like to take medicines and keep finding excuses to...

Healthcare Landscape in Pakistan – Pharmacists and Pharmacies – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 979 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 979 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: BYB BYB Credit: Gustavo Fring Credit: Maria Orlova Pharmacists There has been an exponential increase in the number of pharmacy departments all over the country. Every private university and medical college are now offering pharmacy degree also. The number of pharmacy graduates qualifying every year has therefore increased greatly. Pharmacy Council is the legal body that registers pharmacists which makes them eligible to practice pharmacy and seek a job as pharmacist. Pharmacy Council website says the number of registered pharmacists in their record is 59,586; pharmacy technicians are 16,769, which is a diploma level education....

Opportunities in Pharma Industry for New Graduates – Pharmacists – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #698 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #698 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: Cottonbro Photo Credit: Gustavo Fring This series of posts gives ideas about what opportunities new graduates can find in pharmaceutical industry. Pharmaceutical Industry is a large industry; it employs a fair number of people in various departments.  Pharmacists We may think that Pharmacists and Pharmaceuticals probably have the oldest relationship, but it is not true. Chemists were in the vanguard for developing, refining, and producing pharmaceutical products starting in the 19th century, or even earlier. Use of natu...