Industrial Visit to CCM Duopharma Biotech Bhd

Hello readers,

School of Pharmacy had an industrial visit to CCM Duopharma Biotech Berhad which is the 1st pharmaceutical company producing generic drugs in Malaysia. The visit was held at 21st of February 2011 which falls on Monday scheduled at 2pm. The industrial visit idea was generated from the project manager, Chua Pei Yong.

Target student is 20 students accompanied by the Head of Department Mr. Mohd Fadli, lecturers Mr. Mohd Nizam and Dr. Jiyauddin Khan. The group was greeted warmly by the representative of CCM Duopharma, Puan Nurhariati and Mr Affandi. An interesting presentation basically on CCM Duopharma was given to the students about the generic products production at our country. They even launching for refilling human vaccines five years later and the first south east Asia who got this contract signed. Q and A session was interesting because the students were curious about the job opportunites in pharmaceutical industries.

They offered some refreshments and we had a rest before they bought us touring around the company. Firstly, we were bought to the water treatment system. According to Mr. Satish which was the person in-charge for water treatment system, the water plays vital roles for providing the desired quality of pharmaceutical products. The water treatment were using reverse osmosis (RO) system. After that, we are brought to the production department while can observed the making of pharmaceutical products such as tablets in a sterilized conditions with HEPA filters at box.

Then, we proceed to the warehouse department and we got to know how the pharmaceutical products being stored and its precautions. After that, we proceed to QC and QA department which was the last part of the trip. This is an open mind and informative industrial visit for the students. Hope the School of Pharmacy will organize this meaningful event again.

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NATIONAL PHARMACY SPORT CARNIVAL 2011@ PENANG

Good day bloggers. First of all, do forgive me because under circumstances, i am not able to post this report as early as i expected. However, here is the report regarding one of our biggest event for 2011. :)

The history of National Pharmacy Sport Carnival (NPSC) started from February 2008 was organized by School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) and continued with second NPSC was organized by Faculty of Pharmacy from UiTM Shah Alam as well as the third NPSC 2011 was organized by School of Pharmacy, Management and Science University (MSU)

For this year, University Sains Malaysia had been honoured to be the host for 4th NPSC 2011. This event was held on 29th till 30th January 2010. The universities involved were University Malaya (UM), University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), International Islamic Univeristy of Malaysia (IIUM), University Teknology Mara (UiTM), Management and Science University (MSU), Masterskill College of Nursing and Health, Cyberjaya University (CUCMS), AIMST University and University Sains Malaysia (USM)

Our team reached USM Penang on Friday evening and received a warm welcome from the organizer. The event start on Saturday, 29th January with modern games which were netball, basketball, volleyball, tennis, futsal, ping pong and takraw as well as badminton. We able to have representatives for the modern games except for volleyball, takraw and basketball. All the games ended early than expected which gave advantages to all players as they can have a good rest and pull their strength for the next day.

On Sunday, 30th January, the traditional games started which included batu seremban, upih pinang, tuju kasut and taril tali as well as galah panjang. The closing ceremony placed at Dewan Utama Desasiswa. NPSC 2011 had been officiate by YB. Prof. Dato' Omar Osman, Vice Chancellor, Hal Ehwal & Pembangunan Pelajar USM and also attended by Prof. Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Dean School of Pharmaceutical Sciences USM.

Here are few pictures: :)

galah panjang

upih pinang

netball game

futsal team

Here are the results from the Games:

• Galah Panjang Lelaki : first place was MSU, second place was UiTM, third place was was UM
• Galah Panjang Perempuan : first place was UiTM

• Batu Seremban : first place was UiTM

• Tarik Tali : first place was UiTM

• Tuju Kasut Lelaki : first place was UiTM
• Tuju Kasut Perempuan : first place was UM

• Upih Pinang Lelaki : first place was UM
• Upih Pinang Perempuan : first place was USM A

• Ping Pong
• Men single : first place was MSU, second place was UIA
• Women single : first place was UM, second place was UiTM
• Men Double : first place was UIA, second place was CUCMS
• Women Double : first place was UM, second place was MSU

• Badminton
• Men single : first place was UM, second place was UIA
• Women single : first place was USM A , second place was USM
• Men Double : first place was USM A, second place was UIA
• Women Double :first place was UKM, second place was CUCMS

• Tennis
• Men single : first place was UiTM, second place was UM
• Women single : first place was AIMST, second place was USM A

• Basketball : first place was AIMST, second place was USM A, third place was UiTM

• Takraw : first place was UIA, second place was UiTM, third place was UM

• Futsal Lelaki : first place was USM A, second place was UIA, third place was UM and CUCMS
• Futsal perempuan : first place was CUCMS, second place was UIA, third place was UKM and UiTM

• Netball : first place was UIA, second place was UiTM, third place was USM A and UM

• Volleyball lelaki : first place was UIA, second place was CUCMS, third place was USM A
• Volleyball perempuan : first place was USM A, second place was UIA, third place was UiTM

Overall results are:

1. UIA with 4 golds and 6 silvers
2. USM A with 4 golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes
3. UM with 3 golds, 1 silver and 3 bronzes
4. AIMST with 2 golds
5. UiTM with 1 gold, 3 silvers and 1 bronze
6. CUCMS with 1 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze
7. MSU with 1 gold and 1 silver
8. UKM with 1 gold and 1 bronze
9. USM B with 1 silver

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Industrial Visit

MSU School of Pharmacy will have its 1st Industrial Visit to CCM Dupoharma and Beryl's Choclate at 21st February. So far, Beryl's have approved and waiting for reply from CCM..pray that CCM will provide positive feedback

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Final Exam Nov 2011 Long Sem Draft

MSU - Final Examination Timetable for November 2011 session (DRAFT)

Monday February 14, 2011 - 10:39

Dear All MSU Students,

Please be informed that MSU, Final Examination Timetable for November 2011 session (DRAFT) is now available for download.

To download: Go to myCampus Tools Tab → file storage → MSU FINAL EXAM TT NOV 2010 SESSION (DRAFT) Folder → file →

1. DRAFT MSU FE TT NOV 2010 SESSION FBMP – STUDENT

2. DRAFT MSU FE TT NOV 2010 SESSION FHLS – STUDENT

3. DRAFT MSU FE TT NOV 2010 SESSION FISE – STUDENT

4. DRAFT MSU FE TT NOV 2010 SESSION IMS – STUDENT

5. DRAFT MSU FE TT NOV 2010 SESSION SPH – STUDENT

Those who have any issues with regards to subjects clashing, please refer to the examination department latest by Thursday, 17 February 2011.

Your attention and cooperation are highly appreciated.

Thank you.

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MSU Graduate Research Assistantships

Dear all MSU staff

It is my pleasure to announce the availability of the following research positions at MSU which were recently approved by Dato President. These are:

(1) MSU GRA (Graduate Research Assistantships)

(2) Mohd Shukri Yajid Research Fellowships (MSYRF) - similar to "Post Doc" position.

MSU GRA: suitable for RECENT graduates from any local IPTA & IPTS or overseas with a basic allowance of RM 1,500 per month to assist MSU Professors in their research activities which lead to MSc or PhD.

MSYRF: suitable for RECENT PhD graduates from foreign countries with a basic allowance of RM 36,000 per year + accomodation + annual air return ticket to assist MSU Professors in their research activities.

Please circulate this information to all your acquaintances in Malaysia and around the world. More detailed information about these research positions is available on MSU website.

WasSalam. Thank you.

Prof Dato' Dr ASBI B ALI, PhD

Vice President Research & International Relations

Management & Science University (MSU)

University Drive, Off Persiaran Olahraga

40100 Shah Alam, Selangor

Malaysia

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Clinical Pharmacy

Hello readers, how have you been recently??

I am going to encounter my mid semester paper in one more weeks, lazy to prepare myself as this is my last theory semester.

One of the subject I encountered this semester is Pharmacy Practice 3 which mainly focuses on Clinical Pharmacy.


Pharmacy??? Clinical????

Is it a pharmacy in a clinic???

NO


Clinical pharmacy is a field where the health care providers teamed up with the pharmacist and pharmaconomist to promote cost efectiveness and the correct usage of the medicines.

how is it different from pharmacy??


pharmacy is a WIDE field focusing not only pharmaceutical care, but involving pharmaceutics, organic synthesis and pharmacology as well as pharmacognosy.

clinical pharmacy focuses on the treatment for pateints in terms of cost, adverse drug reactions, route of administration,patterns of usage,population of patients, pharmacotherapeutics and also pharmacoeconomics.

clinical pharmacy mostly found in hospital setting, but the term 'clinical' does not imply that clinical pharmacy needed to be practice at hospital pharmacy only. they also provides advices and counselling services.


In some states, clinical pharmacists are given prescriptive authority under protocol with a medical provider (i.e., MD or DO), and their scope of practice is constantly evolving. In the United Kingdom clinical pharmacists are given independent prescriptive authority.


Basic components of clinical pharmacy practice
*Prescribing drugs
*Administering drugs
*Documenting professional services
*Reviewing drug use
*Communication
*Counseling
*Consulting
*Preventing Medication Errors


Scope of clinical pharmacy:
+Drug Information
+Drug Utilization
+Drug Evaluation and Selection
+Medication Therapy Management
+Formal Education and Training Program
+Disease State Management
+Application of Electronic Data Processing (EDP)

Activities of Clinical Pharmacists
The principle activities of a clinical pharmacist include:

Consulting
Analysing therapies, advising health care practitioners on the correctness of drug therapy and providing pharmaceutical care to patients both at hospital and at community level.

Selection of drugs
Defining "drug formularies" or "limited lists of drugs" in collaboration with hospital doctors, general practitioners and decision makers.

Drug information
Seeking information and critically evaluating scientific literature; organising information services for both the health care practitioners and the patients.

Formulation and preparation
Formulation and preparation of medicinal products and devices according to acceptable standards to meet specific patients' needs.

Drug use studies and research
Drug use studies/ pharmacoepidemiology/ outcome research/ pharmacovigilance and vigilance in medicinal devices: collecting data on drug therapies, their costs and patient outcome through structured and scientific methods.

Pharmacokinetics/ therapeutic drug monitoring
Studying the kinetics of drugs and optimising the dosage.

Clinical Trials
Planning, evaluating and participating in clinical trials.

Pharmacoeconomy
Using the results of clinical trials and outcome studies to determine cost- effectiveness evaluations.

Dispensation & Administration
Dispensing and administration of medicinal products and devices: studying and developing systems for the dispensing and administration of medicinal products and devices that can guarantee a higher security in administration, a reduction of expenditure and a reduction in medication errors.

Teaching & Training
Pre- and post-graduate teaching and activities to provide training and education programmes for pharmacists and other health care practitioners.


Clinical pharmacy, anyone????

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Long Sem Draft Timetable Mid Sem Exam Nov 2010

MSU - MID EXAMINATION TIMETABLE FOR NOVEMBER 2010 SESSION (DRAFT)

Monday December 27, 2010 - 16:03

Dear All Students,

Please be informed that MSU, MID EXAMINATION TIMETABLE (DRAFT) for NOVEMBER 2010 SESSION is now available for download.

To download: Go to myCampus Tools Tab → file storage → MSU MID SEM NOV 2010 (DRAFT) Folder → DRAFT MID SEM NOV 2010 (DIPLOMA).xls & DRAFT MID SEM NOV 2010 (BACHELOR).xls →

You are required to verify your examination timetable and make sure your examination timetable is similar with your subject registration.

Those who have any issues with regards to subjects clashing, please refer to the examination department latest by Thursday, 30 December 2010.

Your attention and cooperation are highly appreciated.

Thank you.

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