B.Pharma Syllabus 2023: Semester-wise

The Pharmacy Council of India sets the syllabus for B.Pharma course offered by different pharmacy colleges of the country. The total duration of the course is 4 years which is divided into 8 semesters. Different subjects or topics are introduced in every semester. Some of the major subjects include Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Physiology, etc. this article provides detailed B.Pharma Syllabus 2023 for students to have an idea of the topics beforehand.

B.Pharma Semester-wise Syllabus 2023

Check out semester-wise B.Pharma syllabus 2023 below:

B.Pharma Syllabus 2023- First Semester

HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY-I

Unit I: Introduction to human body, Cellular level of organization, etc
Unit II: Integumentary system, Skeletal system and Joints
Unit III: Body fluids and blood and Lymphatic system
Unit IV: Peripheral nervous system and Special senses
Unit V: Cardiovascular system

PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYSIS

Unit I: Pharmaceutical analysis and Errors
Unit II: Acid base titration and Non aqueous titration
Unit III: Precipitation titrations, Complexometric titration and Gravimetry
Unit IV: Redox titrations
Unit V: Electrochemical methods of analysis

PHARMACEUTICS-I

Unit I: Historical background and development of profession of pharmacy, etc
Unit II: Pharmaceutical calculations, Powders and Liquid dosage forms
Unit III: Monophasic liquids, Biphasic liquids, Suspensions and Emulsions
Unit IV: Suppositories and Pharmaceutical incompatibilities
Unit V: Semisolid dosage form

PHARMACEUTICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Unit I: Impurities in pharmaceutical substances and General methods of preparation
Unit II: Acids, Bases and Buffer, Major extra and intracellular electrolytes, etc
Unit III: Gastrointestinal agents
Unit IV: Miscellaneous compounds
Unit V: Radiopharmaceuticals

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Unit I: Communication Skills, Barriers to communication and Perspectives in Communication
Unit II: Elements of Communication and Communication Styles
Unit III: Basic Listening Skill, Effective Written Communication and Writing Effectively
Unit IV: Interview Skills and Giving Presentations
Unit V: Group Discussion

REMEDIAL BIOLOGY

Unit I: Living world and Morphology of Flowering plants
Unit II: Body fluids and circulation, Digestion and Absorption, etc
Unit III: Excretory products and elimination, Neural control and coordination, etc
Unit IV: Plants and mineral nutrition and Photosynthesis
Unit V: Plant respiration, Plant growth and development, Cell, etc

REMEDIAL MATHEMATICS

Unit I: Partial fraction, Logarithms, Function and Limits and continuity
Unit II: Matrices and Determinant
Unit III: Calculus
Unit IV: Analytical Geometry
Unit V: Differential Equations and Laplace Transform

B.Pharma Syllabus 2023- Second Semester

HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY-II

Unit I: Nervous system
Unit II: Digestive system and Energetics
Unit III: Respiratory system and Urinary system
Unit IV: Endocrine system
Unit V: Reproductive system and Introduction to genetics

PHARMACEUTICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY–I

Unit I: Classification, nomenclature and isomerism
Unit II: Alkanes, Alkenes and Conjugated diene
Unit III: 10 Hour Alkyl halides and Alcohols
Unit IV: Carbonyl compounds (Aldehydes and ketones)
Unit V: Carboxylic acids and Aliphatic amines

BIOCHEMISTRY

Unit I: Biomolecules and Bioenergetics
Unit II: Carbohydrate metabolism and Biological oxidation
Unit III: Lipid metabolism and Amino acid metabolism
Unit IV: Nucleic acid metabolism and genetic information transfer
Unit V: Enzymes

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

Unit I: Basic principles of Cell injury and Adaptation, etc
Unit II: Cardiovascular System, Respiratory system and Renal system
Unit III: Haematological Diseases, Endocrine system, Nervous system, etc
Unit IV: Inflammatory bowel diseases, Disease of bones and joints, etc
Unit V: Infectious diseases and Sexually transmitted diseases

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN PHARMACY

Unit I: Number system and Concept of Information Systems and Software
Unit II: Web technologies
Unit III: Application of computers in Pharmacy
Unit IV: Bioinformatics
Unit V: Computers as data analysis in Preclinical development

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Unit I: The Multidisciplinary nature of environmental studies and Natural Resources
Unit II: Ecosystems
Unit III: Environmental Pollution

B.Pharma Syllabus 2023- Third Semester

PHARMACEUTICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY–II

Unit I: Benzene and its derivatives
Unit II: Phenols, Aromatic Amines and Aromatic Acids
Unit III: Fats and Oils
Unit IV: Polynuclear hydrocarbons:
Unit V: Cyclo alkanes

PHYSICAL PHARMACEUTICS-I

Unit I: Solubility of drugs
Unit II: States of Matter and properties of matter, etc
Unit III: Surface and interfacial phenomenon
Unit IV: Complexation and protein binding
Unit V: pH, buffers and Isotonic solutions

PHARMACEUTICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Unit I: Introduction to microbiology
Unit II: Identification of bacteria, sterilization, etc
Unit III: Study of morphology
Unit IV: Designing of aseptic area
Unit V: Types of spoilage

PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING

Unit I: Flow of fluids, Size Reduction and Size Separation
Unit II: Heat Transfer, Evaporation and Distillation
Unit III: Drying and Mixing
Unit IV: Filtration and Centrifugation
Unit V: Materials of pharmaceutical plant construction, Corrosion and its prevention

B.Pharma Syllabus 2023- Fourth Semester

PHARMACEUTICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY–III

Unit I: Stereo isomerism and Optical isomerism
Unit II: Geometrical isomerism
Unit III: Heterocyclic compounds
Unit IV: Pyrazole, Imidazole, Oxazole and Thiazole
Unit V: Reactions of synthetic importance

MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY-I

Unit I: Medicinal Chemistry and Drug metabolism
Unit II: Drugs acting on Autonomic Nervous System and Adrenergic Antagonists
Unit III: Cholinergic neurotransmitters, Direct acting agents, etc
Unit IV: Drugs acting on Central Nervous System
Unit V: Drugs acting on Central Nervous System

PHYSICAL PHARMACEUTICS-II

Unit I: Colloidal dispersion
Unit II: Rheology and Deformation of solids
Unit III: Coarse dispersion
Unit IV: Micromeretics
Unit V: Drug stability

PHARMACOLOGY-I

Unit I: General Pharmacology
Unit I: General Pharmacology
Unit III: Pharmacology of drugs acting on peripheral nervous system
Unit IV: Pharmacology of drugs acting on central nervous system
Unit V: Pharmacology of drugs acting on central nervous system

PHARMACOGNOSY AND PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Unit I: Introduction to Pharmacognosy, Classification of drugs, etc
Unit II: Cultivation, Collection, Processing and storage of drugs of natural origin, etc
Unit III: Plant tissue culture
Unit IV: Pharmacognosy in various systems of medicine, etc
Unit V: Plant Products, Primary metabolites, Carbohydrates, etc

B.Pharma Syllabus 2023- Fifth semester

MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY–II

Unit I: Antihistaminic agents and Anti-neoplastic agents
Unit II: Anti-anginal and Anti-hypertensive Agents
Unit III: Anti-arrhythmic Drugs, Anti-hyperlipidemic agent, etc
Unit IV: Drugs acting on Endocrine system, Corticosteroids, Thyroid, etc
Unit V: Antidiabetic agents and Local Anesthetics

INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY-I

Unit I: Preformulation Studies
Unit II: Tablets and Liquid orals
Unit III: Capsules
Unit IV: Parenteral Products and Ophthalmic Preparation
Unit V: Cosmetics, Pharmaceutical Aerosols and Packaging Materials Science

PHARMACOLOGY-II

Unit I: Pharmacology of drugs acting on cardio vascular system
Unit II: Pharmacology of drugs acting on cardio vascular and urinary system
Unit III: Autocoids and related drugs
Unit IV: Pharmacology of drugs acting on endocrine system
Unit V: Pharmacology of drugs acting on endocrine system and Bioassay

PHARMACOGNOSY AND PHYTOCHEMISTRY-II

Unit I: Metabolic pathways in higher plants and their determination
Unit II: Alkaloids, Volatile oils, Tannins, Resins, etc
Unit III: Terpenoids, Glycosides, Alkaloids and Resins
Unit IV: Forskolin, Sennoside, Artemisinin, Diosgenin, Digoxin, etc
Unit V: Basics of Phytochemistry

PHARMACEUTICAL JURISPRUDENCE

Unit I: Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and its rules 1945
Unit II: Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and its rules 1945
Unit III: Pharmacy Act –1948, Medicinal and Toilet Preparation Act, etc
Unit IV: Study of Salient Features of Drugs and Magic Remedies Act, etc
Unit-V: Pharmaceutical Legislations, Code of Pharmaceutical ethics, etc

B.Pharma Syllabus 2023- Sixth semester

MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY–III

Unit I: Antibiotics
Unit II: Antibiotics
Unit III: Anti-tubercular Agents, Urinary tract anti-infective agents and Antiviral agents
Unit IV: Antifungal agents and Sulphonamides and Sulfones
Unit V: Introduction to Drug Design and Combinatorial Chemistry

PHARMACOLOGY-III

Unit I: Pharmacology of drugs acting on Respiratory system, etc
Unit II: Chemotherapy
Unit III: Chemotherapy
Unit IV: Chemotherapy and Immunopharmacology
Unit V: Principles of toxicology

HERBAL DRUG TECHNOLOGY

Unit I: Herbs as raw materials, Biodynamic Agriculture, etc

Unit II: Nutraceuticals and Herbal-Drug and Herb-Food Interactions
Unit III: Herbal Cosmetics, Herbal excipients and Herbal formulations
Unit IV: Evaluation of Drug and Patenting and Regulatory requirements
Unit V: General Introduction to Herbal Industry, etc

BIOPHARMACEUTICS AND PHARMACOKINETICS

Unit I: Introduction to Biopharmaceutics
Unit II: Elimination, Bioavailability and Bioequivalence
Unit III: Pharmacokinetics
Unit IV: Multicompartment models
Unit V: Nonlinear Pharmacokinetics

PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Unit I: Brief introduction to Biotechnology with reference to Pharmaceutical Sciences
Unit II: 1Study of cloning vectors, restriction endonucleases and DNA ligase
Unit III: Types of immunity
Unit IV: Immuno blotting techniques, Mutation, Microbial biotransformation, etc
Unit V: Fermentation methods, Blood Products, penicillins, Vitamin B12, etc

PHARMACEUTICAL QUALITY ASSURANCE

Unit I: Quality Assurance and Quality Management concepts, etc
Unit II: Organization and personnel, Premises and Equipments and raw materials
Unit III: Quality Control and Good Laboratory Practices
Unit IV: Complaints and Document maintenance in pharmaceutical industry
Unit V: Calibration and Validation and Warehousing

B.Pharma Syllabus 2023- Seventh Semester

INSTRUMENTAL METHODS OF ANALYSIS

Unit I: UV Visible spectroscopy and Fluorimetry
Unit II: IR spectroscopy, Flame Photometry, Atomic absorption spectroscopy, etc
Unit III: Introduction to chromatography
Unit IV: Gas chromatography and High performance liquid chromatography
Unit V: Ion exchange chromatography, Gel chromatography and Affinity chromatography

INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY-II

Unit I: Pilot plant scale up techniques
Unit II: Technology development and transfer
Unit III: Regulatory affairs and Regulatory requirements for drug approval
Unit IV: Quality management system
Unit V: Indian Regulatory Requirements

PHARMACY PRACTICE

Unit I: Hospital and it’s organization, Adverse drug reaction, etc
Unit II: Drug distribution system in a hospital, Hospital formulary, etc
Unit III: Pharmacy and therapeutic committee, information services, counseling, etc
Unit IV: Budget preparation and implementation, Clinical Pharmacy, etc
Unit V: Drug store management, Investigational use of drugs, etc

NOVEL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS

Unit I: Controlled drug delivery systems and Polymers
Unit II: Microencapsulation, Mucosal Drug Delivery system, etc
Unit III: Transdermal Drug Delivery System, Gastroretentive drug delivery systems, etc
Unit IV: Targeted drug Delivery
Unit V: Ocular Drug Delivery Systems and Intrauterine Drug Delivery Systems

B.Pharma Syllabus 2023- Eighth Semester

BIOSTATISITCS AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

unit I: Measures of central tendency, Measures of dispersion and Correlation
Unit II: Regression, Probability and Parametric test
Unit III: Non Parametric tests, Introduction to Research, etc
Unit IV: Regression modeling and Introduction to Practical components of Industrial and Clinical Trials Problems
Unit V: Design and Analysis of experiments

SOCIAL AND PREVENTIVE PHARMACY

Unit I: Concept of health and disease, Social and health education, etc
Unit II: Preventive medicine
Unit III: National health programs
Unit III: National health programs
Unit V: Community services in rural, urban and school health

PHARMA MARKETING MANAGEMENT

Unit I: Marketing and Pharmaceutical market
Unit II: Product decision
Unit III: Promotion
Unit IV: Pharmaceutical marketing channel and Professional sales representative
Unit V: Pricing and Emerging concepts in marketing

PHARMACEUTICAL REGULATORY SCIENCE

Unit I: New Drug Discovery and development
Unit II: Regulatory Approval Process and Regulatory authorities and agencies
Unit III: Registration of Indian drug product in overseas market
Unit IV: Clinical trials
Unit V: Regulatory Concepts

PHARMACOVIGILANCE

Unit I: Introduction to Pharmacovigilance, Introduction to adverse drug reactions, etc
Unit II: Drug & disease classification, Information resources in pharmacovigilance, etc
Unit III: Vaccine safety surveillance, Pharmacovigilance methods, etc
Unit IV: Safety data generation and ICH Guidelines for Pharmacovigilance
Unit V: Pharmacogenomics of adverse drug reactions, etc

QUALITY CONTROL AND STANDARDIZATION OF HERBALS