K.M.C.H. College of Pharmacy

Department of Pharmaceutics

About Department

The department of pharmaceutics was established in the year 2005. The two year degree program of Master of Pharmacy in pharmaceutics, is structured in the way to provide basic to sophisticated technical knowledge to take over the research career in academic and in Pharma industry.

The department of pharmaceutics provides an opportunity in imparting knowledge in the fields of Novel Drug Delivery Systems – NDDS and herbal technology.

A Master degree in pharmaceutics unlocks the plethora of opportunities available in the health care industry, where they can involve in the sequence of process from drug discovery, analytical characterization of the therapeutic moiety, designing of dosage forms for the lead molecule using software’s, involves in preclinical drug testing and practicing of pharmacists in patient care.

Salient Features of Department

Department is well equipped with equipments and machineries such as mixer, granulator, tray dryer, Rimek12-station multi tooling compression machine, high speed homogenizer, probsonicator, freeze dryer, dissolution apparatus, disintegration apparatus, coating pan, size reduction mills, brook field viscometer, design expert software and stability chamber.

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

About Department

Pharmaceutical chemistry department is a dynamic academic wing of pharmacy education that imparts knowledge to students about the chemistry of pharmaceutical substances and their applications in the field of pharmacy. The study of pharmaceutical chemistry encompasses the fundamental life-related pharmaceutical substances and their chemical interactions with life, using organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, medicinal chemistry, analytical chemistry and biochemistry as a base, upon which is built a wide range of research fields.

The pharmaceutical chemistry department efficiently moulds the students to integrate all aspects of chemistry into diverse pharmaceutical & medical sciences research. Each laboratory of the pharmaceutical chemistry department is involved in the research related to drug discovery and development.

Salient Features of Department

The role of Pharmaceutical Chemistry continues to be one of the main drives in the field of Pharmacy services and drug discovery research, the department comprises many advanced research instruments such as Insliico drug discovery lab, Rotary evaporator, fully automatic scientific Microwave oven, semi automatic scientific Microwave oven, UV spectrophotometer, FT-IR, SHIMADZU HPLC gradient systems.

Activities

Pharmaceutical Chemistry department contribute towards research in Drug discovery & synthesis, Impurity Profiling, Phytochemical / semi-synthetic research, In-silico drug design and discovery, Green chemistry, QSAR/Pharmacophore model studies. The department actively involves in fetching various research projects grants from funding agencies and received many research grants. The department has excellent records of research publications in reputed journals with good impact factor, also delivers the original research works carried out, conducts and participates in many national and international research forums.

Department of Pharmacology

About Department

Department of Pharmacology provides advanced training in various aspects of pharmacology, molecular biology, pre-clinical & clinical drug development and Pharmacotherapeutics.

Department comprises of a diverse group of faculties who are highly qualified and experienced and work to advance the forefronts of new knowledge to develop novel therapeutic approaches for treatment of diseases. The scope of the department is to provide cellular and molecular pathways in living systems as the first step towards a greater understanding of disease and effective treatment. The development of new and successful effective drugs requires advancement and insights generated by scientific research for the students of D.Pharm, B.Pharm, M.Pharm and Pharm.D. This perspective makes our students are adhere in a wide range of careers and our program is committed to developing leaders in academia, industry, clinical and regulatory affairs.

Salient Features of Department:

The department has centralized animal house approved by CPCSEA for conducting experiments on Mice, Rats, Guinea Pigs and Rabbits.

The following major instruments are available in the department of Pharmacology

Actophotometer, Audiogenic Test Chamber, Brightness Apparatus, Continuous Avoidance Apparatus, Cooks Pole climbing apparatus, Digital Physiograph, Pole climbing apparatus, Digital Plethythismograph, Rectangular Maze etc.

Activities

The Department of Pharmacology is actively involved in executing projects related to arthritis, cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyper-lipidemia, cardiovascular, psychopharmacology, neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer, Parkinson’s diseases, respiratory disorders, drug delivery systems, drug interaction studies, toxicological evaluation and in-vitro assay development.

Department of Pharmacognosy

About Department

Pharmacognosy is an applied science that involves the study of physical, chemical, biochemical and biological properties of natural drugs including the search for new drugs and its standardization. It is a vital link between Ayurvedic and Allopathic system of medicine and one of the core subjects in the entire pharmacy curriculum like, D.Pharm, B.Pharm and Pharm D program.

The Department of Pharmacognosy is actively imparting the profound knowledge of Pharmacognosy and herbal drug technologies to the students of KMCH College of Pharmacy.

A separate museum with more than 200 specimens of crude drugs, herbal charts, herbarium collections and marketed herbal formulations including Siddha and Ayurvedic formulations are maintained to impart traditional knowledge to the students. Further to make aware of the students to common traditional herbs, a separate medicinal plant garden is maintained with around 200 medicinal plants with name board displaying botanical name, active constituents and uses. Students are involved and encouraged to maintain the garden to make them familiar with the medicinal herbs.

Salient Features of Department

The major instruments and facilities available in the department of Pharmacognosy are

1) HPTLC, GC and HPLC for Phytochemical analysis

2) Soxhlet Apparatus for herbal extract preparation

3) Muffle furnace for ash value determination

4) Clevenger apparatus for volatile oil distillation

5) Column chromatography for Phytochemical separation

6) Polarized microscope for histochemical studies of crude drugs

7) Motorized pulverizer for crude drug size reduction

8) RO unit for regular supply of deionized water for lab use

9) Trinocular light microscope for microscopical study of crude drugs

Activities

• Phytochemical analysis of natural products/product formulations

• Isolation and identification of active constituents of natural sources

• Separation of Volatile constituents

• In-vitro animal cell culture laboratory for in vitro toxicology and pharmacological studies for both natural and synthetic molecules.

Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis

About Department

Department of pharmaceutical analysis was established in the year 2004.

State-of-the-art infrastructure facilities are available in the department to provide knowledge and skills in handling the sophisticated instruments.

Students will be learning about the qualitative and quantitative determination of APIs and pharmaceutical formulations using various analytical techniques like titrimetric, electrochemical spectroscopic and chromatographic methods.

Salient Features of Department

Department of pharmaceutical analysis provides technical skills and hands on experience for handling the following sophisticated instruments

1) UV-Visible Spectrophotometer - Shimadzu 1700

2) UV-Visible Spectrophotometer - Shimadzu 1800

3) HPTLC - Camag Linomat 5

4) HPLC - Shimadzu LC 20 AD

5) HPLC - Shimadzu LC 20 AT

6) HPLC - Shimadzu LC 20 AP

7) FTIR - JASCO 4600

8) Spectrofluorometer - JASCO FP6200

9) Gas Chromatograph - Perkin Elmer Clarus 590

10) Flame Photometer - Elico PL22D

Activities

In addition to teaching of the theoretical and practical aspects of different analytical methods, the following activities are also been carried out in the department of pharmaceutical analysis.

Quality control tests for APIs and finished pharmaceutical formulations

Hands on training for sophisticated instruments

Facilitate the students in Interpreting the data obtained from IR, NMR and Mass spectra of various organic compounds.

Department of Pharmacy Practice

About Department

The department of pharmacy practice was established in the year 2003 to provide better patient health care and to bestow community pharmacy services. Pharmacy practice is a patient oriented specialization that includes hospital, clinical pharmacy services. The curriculum of pharmacy practice blends theory and practice of medical and biological sciences thus leading to a rewarding career in today’s expanding health care system.

The department of pharmacy practice is committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. Through innovative teaching methods, the department provides the skills necessary to foster critical thinking and the optimal use of medications, while promoting professionalism.

The department is attached to the 1000 bedded Kovai Medical Center and Hospital. The academic activities of the department includes providing training to students in the department of intensive care unit, general medicine, gastroenterology, neurology, nephrology, oncology, pulmonology, cardiology, pediatrics, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, dermatology, psychiatry and surgery.

The department caters to the needs of the clinicians and patients by practicing clinical pharmacy services such as ward round participation, medication therapy management, patient counseling, antibiotic surveillance, medication errors, medication reconciliation, adverse drug reaction monitoring and reporting, drug information services, awareness programs, community outreach program, continuing pharmacy education program and clinical research. The department periodically organizes workshops, seminars, symposiums and conferences at the national and international levels.

Salient Features of Department

Drug and Poison information center:

The Drug and Poison information Center is a division of the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Attached to KMCH College of Pharmacy) and is housed at Kovai Medical Center Hospital, Coimbatore. The DIC has the facilities like Consultation and Counseling room, Officer room and Voluminous library and separate telephone lines to receive poison information calls. LEXICOMP clinical drug information database access is provided for effective counseling and other clinical pharmacy activities. A number of CD ROM databases such as DRUGDEX & MARTINDALE systems and POISINDEX Systems are also available.

Activities

* Pharmacy Practice Services

* Medication Therapy Management

* Patient Counseling

* Medication Therapy Adherence Clinic (MTAC)

* Antibiotic use surveillance

* Drug Information Services

* Clinical Toxicology Services

* Medication reconciliation

* Medication error reporting

* Pharmacovigilance (Adverse drug reaction (ADR) monitoring and reporting)

* Health Screening Program

* Community Outreach Program

*Continuing Pharmacy Education Program

* Clinical Research Support

* Clinical Pharmacy training for national and international students.