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2 Clinical pharmacy is the branch of Pharmacy where pharmacists provide patient care that optimizes the use of medication and promotes health, wellness, and disease prevention.Pharmacy pharmacistspatientcare medicationhealthwellnessdisease prevention Clinical pharmacists care for patients in all health care settings but the clinical pharmacy movement initially began inside hospitals and clinics.hospitals Clinical pharmacists often collaborate with physicians and other healthcare professionals.physicianshealthcare professionals

3 Medicinal chemistry is the application of chemical research techniques to the synthesis of pharmaceuticals. Medicinal chemistry is almost always oriented toward drug discovery and development.

4 Pharmaceutics is the discipline of pharmacy that deals with the process of turning a new chemical entity (NCE) into a medication to be used safely and effectively by patients. It is also called the science of dosage form design.pharmacynew chemical entity

5 Pharmacognosy is the study of medicines derived from natural sources.medicines

6 Pharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug actionbiologydrug More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function.

7 Basic life support (BLS) is the level of medical care which is used for victims of life-threatening illnesses or injuries until they can be given full medical care at a hospital.

8 Pharmacogenetics refers to genetic differences in metabolic pathways which can affect individual responses to drugs, both in terms of therapeutic effect as well as adverse effects. [1]genetic metabolic pathways [1]

9 Pharmacovigilance (abbreviated PV or PhV), also known as Drug Safety, is the pharmacological science relating to the collection, detection, assessment, monitoring, and prevention of adverse effects with pharmaceutical products. [pharmacologicalscienceadverse effectspharmaceutical products [ pharmacovigilance heavily focuses on adverse drug reactions, or ADRs.adverse drug reactions

10 Biotechnology is the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make useful products, or "any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use"

11 Nuclear Pharmacy involves a lot of preparation of radioactive materials that will be used to diagnose and treat specific diseases.radioactive Nuclear pharmacy seeks to improve and promote health through the safe and effective use of radioactive drugs for not only diagnosis but also therapy.

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