Seminar on “Advances in Pharmaceutical Sciences”
R. Thiruvengadam, Joint Managing Director, Tablets India Limited, Chennai, R. Venkatesalu, Managing Trustee, SNR Sons Charitable Trust and K. Chinnaswamy, Chairman, Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Education Division, Mumbai, at the seminar on ‘Advances in Pharmaceutical Sciences’ in the city on Friday.Ethics in pharmacy is a very important virtue. Be it in manufacture, delivery, or any other form, ethics should be above the law, R. Thiruvengadam, Joint Managing Director, Tablets India Limited, Chennai, said here on Friday. Inaugurating a seminar on “Advances in Pharmaceutical Sciences” organised by the Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Education Division, Mumbai, and hosted by the College of Pharmacy, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences, he called for inculcation of ethics in pharmaceutical students during their training in order to make them ethical pharmacists.“Pharmacists should comply with ethics than with law. Ethics is inclusive of law. Since the welfare of patient is of paramount importance, 100 per cent ethics should be ensured. Only strict discipline will bring about such ethics”, Mr. Thiruvengadam said.
He pointed out that the level of pharmacy in India should not deviate from that of the international level. Good pharmacists would ensure that there was no leniency in quality and standard, he added. R. Venkatesalu, Managing Trustee, SNR Sons Charitable Trust, said the importance that was attached to pharmacy in India was not as high as in the U.S. and the U.K.“But, as pharmacy is growing into a multi-discipline, there is a good demand for pharmacists today even in India.” N. Shanmugasundaram, Dean, Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, said that today the pharma industry was in the forefront of the science industry. The scope was gradually increasing. K. Chinnaswamy, Chairman, Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Education Division, Mumbai, and T.K. Ravi, Principal, College of Pharmacy, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences, spoke.
