Pharmaceutics is the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines. The subject Pharmaceutics is associated with all the stages that follows the discovery or synthesis of the drug, its isolation and purification, and testing for advantageous pharmacological effects and absence of serious toxicological problems. It deals with the formulation of a pure drug substance into a dosage form. In simple word we can say– “pharmaceutics converts a drug into a medicine”. The main subject covers Physical Pharmacy, Dosage Form, Community and Dispensing, Forensic, Biopharmaceutics, Industrial and Pharmaceutical Technology.

Pharmacology is the science of drugs and their effect on living systems.  It is the science explaining as to what is happening to your body and to the drug action itself. It involves looking at the interaction of chemical substances with the systems in our bodies, as well as identifying ways in which our biological systems affect drugs. Pharmacologists are medical scientists who devote their careers to developing new drugs and evaluating their safety and effectiveness. Pharmacists, who dispense medications

The study of crude drugs of plant and animal origin. Pharmacognosy specialized in the authentication and quality, as evaluated macroscopically and microscopically, of crude drugs that were mainly of plant origin. Heinrich et al., 2004, stated that it is the science of biogenic or naturally derived pharmaceuticals and poisons. It deals with medicinal plants as crude herbs or extracts, pure natural compounds and foods having health benefits. Research in pharma cognosy includes phytochemistry, microbial chemistry, biosynthesis, biotransformations, chemotaxonomy and other biological and chemical sciences. In the past 50 years, the focus is made on phytochemistry and biological activities of natural products.

The “Practice of Pharmacy” means the interpretation, evaluation, and implementation of Medical Orders; it includes more traditional roles such as compounding and dispensing of medications, participation in Drug and Device selection; Drug Administration; Clinical Services, Reviewing Medications for safety and efficacy, and providing drug information; the Practice of Tele pharmacy within and across state lines.