B.Pharm Fourth Year Syllabus

Research design; sampling and data collection; statistical analysis and hypothesis testing; scientific writing and reporting of research.

Formulation, evaluation and regulation of cosmetic and cosmeceutical products for skin, hair and oral care.

Application of artificial intelligence in clinical practice — clinical decision support, diagnostics, patient monitoring and personalised medicine.

Advanced instrumental analysis — NMR, mass spectrometry and hyphenated techniques, and their pharmaceutical applications.

Drug-safety monitoring; adverse drug reaction reporting; signal detection; national and global pharmacovigilance programmes.

Clinical and hospital pharmacy; patient counselling; therapeutic drug monitoring; the pharmacist’s role in patient care.

Drug-approval processes; regulatory bodies (CDSCO, US FDA, ICH); dossier preparation and regulatory compliance for global markets.

Ethics, bias, data privacy and governance in AI; translating AI research into pharmacy practice; responsible and regulatory aspects of AI in healthcare.

Evidence-based drug therapy for common and chronic diseases; treatment guidelines; rational prescribing and patient management.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing and plant design; production management; scale-up, quality systems and regulatory facility requirements.

Principles of management; pharmaceutical marketing, finance and human resources; supply-chain and business management.

Parenteral and sterile products; novel and targeted drug-delivery systems — controlled-release, transdermal and nanotechnology-based delivery.