J.R. Kisssan College Of Pharmacy & Health Science

Pharmacy is commonly considered as a shop (also known as medical store or chemist).
In academic or professional world pharmacy is defined as the branch of science that deals with the preparation, doses, dispensing & effects (including safety) of medicines (or medicinal drugs or simply drug).
A pharmacist technically should possess more knowledge than a medical doctor regarding medicinal drugs - composition with the biological system physical & chemical properties, therapeutic doses, side effects interactions with other drug.
Pharmacist play an important role in advising & counselling patients, & prescribing medicines. Pharmacist are not medical doctors - they do not conduct diagnosis & surgeries on patient.