Chapter 1

• General Principles of Law, History and various Acts related to Drugs and the Pharmacy profession

Chapter 2: Pharmacy Act-1948 and Rules

• Objectives, Definitions, Pharmacy Council of India; its constitution and functions, Education Regulations, State and Joint state pharmacy councils, Registration of Pharmacists, Offences and Penalties.
• Pharmacy Practice Regulations 2015

Chapter 3: Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 and Rules 1945 and New Amendments

• Objectives, Definitions, Legal definitions of schedules to the Act and Rules Import of drugs – Classes of drugs and cosmetics prohibited from import, Import under license or permit.
• Manufacture of drugs – Prohibition of manufacture and sale of certain drugs, Conditions for grant of license and conditions of license for manufacture of drugs, Manufacture of drugs for the test, examination and analysis, manufacture of a new drug, loan license and repacking license.
• Study of schedules C and C1, G, H, H1, K, P, M, N, and X.
• Sale of Drugs – Wholesale, Retail sale and Restricted license, Records to be kept in a pharmacy Drugs Prohibited for Manufacture and sale in India.
• Administration of the Act and Rules – Drugs Technical Advisory Board, Central Drugs Laboratory, Drugs Consultative Committee, Government analysts, licensing authorities, controlling authorities, Drug Inspectors.

Chapter 4: Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 and Rules

• Objectives, Definitions, Authorities and Officers, Prohibition, Control and Regulation, Offences and Penalties.

Chapter 5: Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act 1954

• Objectives, Definitions, Prohibition of certain advertisements, Classes of Exempted advertisements, Offences and Penalties.

Chapter 6: Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act-1960

• Objectives, Definitions, CPCSEA – brief overview, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, Breeding and Stocking of Animals, Performance of Experiments, Transfer and Acquisition of animals for the experiment, Records, Power to suspend or revoke registration, Offences and Penalties.

Chapter 7: Poisons Act-1919

• Introduction, objective, definition, possession, possession for sales and sale of any poison, import of poisons

Chapter 8: FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) Act and Rules

• Brief overview and aspects related to manufacturing, storage, sale, and labelling of Food Supplements

Chapter 9: National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority

• Drugs Price Control Order (DPCO) – 2013. Objectives, Definitions, Sale prices of bulk drugs, Retail price of formulations, Retail price and ceiling price of scheduled formulations, Pharmaceutical Policy 2002, National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM)

Chapter 10: Code of Pharmaceutical Ethics

• Definition, ethical principles, ethical problem solving, registration, code of ethics for Pharmacist in relation to his job, trade, the medical profession and his profession, Pharmacist’s oath.

Chapter 11: Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act and Rules

• Basic understanding, salient features, and Amendments

Chapter 12

• Role of all the government pharma regulator bodies – Central Drugs Standards Control Organization (CDSCO), Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC)

Chapter 13

• Good Regulatory practices (documentation, licenses, renewals, e-governance) in Community Pharmacy, Hospital Pharmacy, Pharma Manufacturing, Wholesale business, inspections, import, and export of drugs and medical devices

Chapter 14

• Introduction to BCS system of classification, Basic concepts of Clinical Trials, ANDA, NDA, New Drug development, New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019. Brand v/s Generic, Trade name concept, Introduction to Patent Law and Intellectual Property Rights, Emergency Use Authorization

Chapter 15

• Blood bank – basic requirements and functions

Chapter 16

• Clinical Establishment Act and Rules – Aspects related to Pharmacy

Chapter 17

Biomedical Waste Management Rules 2016 – Basic aspects, and aspects related to pharma manufacture to disposal of pharma / medical waste at homes, pharmacies,

and hospitals

Chapter 18: Bioethics

• Basic concepts, history and principles. A brief overview of ICMR’s National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research involving human participants

Chapter 19: Introduction to the Consumer Protection Act

Chapter 20: Introduction to the Disaster Management Act

Chapter 21: Medical Devices

• Categorization, basic aspects related to manufacturing and sale.