Pharmaceutical medicine
Encyclopedia
Pharmaceutical medicine is the medical scientific discipline concerned with the discovery, development, evaluation, registration, monitoring and medical aspects of marketing of medicines for the benefit of patients and public health. While the boundaries of pharmaceutical medicine are indistinct, at its centre is the clinical testing of medicines, translation of pharmaceutical drug research into new medicines, safety and well-being of research participants in clinical trials, and understanding the safety profile of medicines and their benefit-risk balance. Pharmaceutical physicians work in the pharmaceutical industry, drug regulatory authorities and contract research organisations, but have a close affinity with their medical colleagues in primary and secondary health care and at universities.
As a postgraduate medical discipline, pharmaceutical medicine has a recognised international syllabus, training courses with examinations and qualifications, its own research methodologies, professional bodies and academic societies, journals and texts, and embraces new technologies and regulations in pursuit of proof of efficacy, safety and effectiveness of medicines.
Pharmaceutical medicine is a listed medical specialty in the UK, Ireland, Switzerland and Mexico. This official recognition is underlined by the availability of accredited education and training of specialist pharmaceutical physicians and the establishment and maintenance of standards of practice and professionalism in the competency, care and conduct applied to their work and of growing public recognition and accountability. In the UK, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine
provides accreditation for the specialty.
The basics of pharmaceutical medicine are founded on the knowledge and understanding of how drugs
work, the limitations and variability of response to therapies, and how therapies can be used optimally in clinical practice. In addition to expertise in basic research, drug development
and evaluation, clinical trials and registration, pharmaceutical physicians need a thorough understanding of pharmacoeconomics
, medical aspects of the marketing of medicines, business administration and the social impact of healthcare on patients and public health.
As a postgraduate medical discipline, pharmaceutical medicine has a recognised international syllabus, training courses with examinations and qualifications, its own research methodologies, professional bodies and academic societies, journals and texts, and embraces new technologies and regulations in pursuit of proof of efficacy, safety and effectiveness of medicines.
Pharmaceutical medicine is a listed medical specialty in the UK, Ireland, Switzerland and Mexico. This official recognition is underlined by the availability of accredited education and training of specialist pharmaceutical physicians and the establishment and maintenance of standards of practice and professionalism in the competency, care and conduct applied to their work and of growing public recognition and accountability. In the UK, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine
The Faculty of Pharmacutical Medicine is a Faculty of the three Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK...
provides accreditation for the specialty.
The basics of pharmaceutical medicine are founded on the knowledge and understanding of how drugs
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work, the limitations and variability of response to therapies, and how therapies can be used optimally in clinical practice. In addition to expertise in basic research, drug development
Drug development
Drug development is a blanket term used to define the process of bringing a new drug to the market once a lead compound has been identified through the process of drug discovery...
and evaluation, clinical trials and registration, pharmaceutical physicians need a thorough understanding of pharmacoeconomics
Pharmacoeconomics
Pharmacoeconomics refers to the scientific discipline that compares the value of one pharmaceutical drug or drug therapy to another. It is a sub-discipline of health economics. A pharmacoeconomic study evaluates the cost and effects of a pharmaceutical product...
, medical aspects of the marketing of medicines, business administration and the social impact of healthcare on patients and public health.
External links
- International Federation of Associations of Pharmaceutical Physicians
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine
- British Association of Pharmaceutical Physicians
- Pharmaceutical Medicine
- Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians and Investigators
- European Forum for Good Clinical Practice
- International Society of Pharmacovigilance
- International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology