Pharmacovigilance, your area of ​​interest

If you are interested in knowing about the medical sector or medicines, then it is very beneficial for you to choose a career option related to pharmacovigilance.  Pharmacovigilance solves the problems associated with medicines.  It is the work of monitoring the good and bad effects of the drug.  In such a situation, career prospects in the field of pharmacy and pharmacovigilance have expanded considerably.

 Format of the subject: Pharmacovigilance is the pharmacological science that is used to identify, assess and prevent side effects from drugs in order to make them safe and useful.  Functions such as measuring, verifying the effect of drugs and availability of medicines are within the scope of pharmacovigilance.  It is important to note that today many pharmaceutical companies market a lot of medicines in the market only after clinical trials.  Sometimes not all medicines are completely fit and their harmful aspect remains.  In such a situation, the need for pharmacovigilance experts increases.

 Courses / Educational Qualification: Pharmacovigilance in clinical research, regulation in pharmacovigilance, basic principal of pharmacovigilance, drug reaction, risk management in pharmacovigilance, management of pharmacovigilance data etc. are the main courses in this field.  Graduates or postgraduates from Botany, Zoology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Genetics and Biotech can apply for this course.  Apart from this, candidates having graduated from Pharmacy and Medicine or Post Graduation course can also apply.  The process of admission to different institutions may vary.

 Personal Qualities: In this field candidates always have to keep in touch with patients, physicians, drug dealers, medicine control boards etc.  Therefore, there should be a natural interest in health, fitness and medicine.  Apart from this, such professionals should also have the ability to explain things like being health conscious and safe.  Better communication skills are also necessary for success in this field.

 Opportunities are many: This area is still new, so after doing related courses, better opportunities can be found.  After taking a course related to pharmacovigilance, the vacancies related to it can be seen in pharma companies like Cipla, Nicolas Piramal, Ranbaxy, Glaxo, Sun Pharma, Pfizer etc.  Apart from your country, there are opportunities in foreign companies too, where comparatively better package is available.

 Premier institute

 Institute of Clinical Research, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Dehradun, Pune

 ICBIO Clinic Research, Bangalore

 IDDCR, Hyderabad

 GITS Academy, Bengaluru

 Maharaja Institute of Medical Sciences, Nellimarla, Andhra Pradesh

 Academy of Clinical Research and Pharmaceutical Management, Kolkata