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Why should pharmaceutical analysis bought more attention? Should more science students involve in pharmacy?

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Pharmaceutical analysis holds the key to successful drug development. Not only is it essential to determine the structure and the level of the active ingredient of a drug, but it is also critical, from a health viewpoint, that any contaminant is identified. `Besides, from a manufacturer’s point of view, a `defective’ drug in the market accounts to a sizeable loss of money — not to mention the damage to its reputation,’’ says Philip H E Gardiner a senior lecturer in analytical science in the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing at UK’s Sheffield Hallam University (SHU).
Gardiner teaches on SHU’s Master’s course in Pharmaceutical Analysis and was in India recently to recruit students. He adds, `Analytical science is the broader umbrella, of which pharmaceutical analysis is a part.’’ At every stage of the drug development process, the pharmaceutical analyst is called upon to use a range of techniques to characterise the constituents in a variety of samples collected during drug trials. “The one-year MSc Pharmaceutical Analysis,” says Gardiner, “is aimed at providing graduates advanced training in instrumental analytical techniques, pharmacology, and quality systems in preparation for a career either in a pharmaceutical, biomedical or industrial laboratory.”
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