Degree in Pharmacy
Graduates will acquire all the scientific, theoretical and practical basics needed to become a pharmacist , an expert in health products (cosmetics, dietary, nutritional, herbal, diagnostic, clinical, chemical, medical-surgical and healthcare goods) and a drug expert qualifying for the various sectors. Upon graduation, the student will undergo state licensure which will enable him to carry out his profession properly as registered pharmacist according to the EU directive 85/432/CEE. He may also work in the following fields: preparation of industrial pharmaceuticals, drug testing in private and public labs; storage, preservation and distribution of drugs for wholesale trade; preparation, control, storage, and distribution of drugs for drug stores; preparation, control, storage, and distribution of drugs for hospital use; information campaigns and suggestions for the drug sector, cosmetics, dietary, nutritional, herbal aimed at preserving health; formulation production, packaging, quality and stability control, toxicological evaluation of cosmetics; production of phytodrugs, anti parasites, medical devices analyses and control of physiochemical and purity characterizing mineral waters; quality control and analyses of feeding products as special dietary feeds; manufacturing of medical tools and medical-surgery goods; transformation, mixing, concentration and fractioning of plants and derivatives for therapeutic and herbal use.
The course may include other related professions already carried out in the EU by people with the above degree so as to allow equal employment opportunities within Europe.
Given the multidisciplinary scientific and technological training (in Chemistry, Biology, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Toxicology, Legislative and Deontology) the registered pharmacist is in the position to achieve the objectives posed by the National Healthcare System in terms of responding to the new changes in society.
In analogy with the training processes of other European countries, the degree course of this class gives an adequate scientific training for the pharmaceutical industry by creating a professional, whose theoretical and practical expertise will allow him to follow the entire, complex multidisciplinary aspects of drug design, production and control , following the norms codified in the pharmacopoeia; the course may also offer adequate scientific training in industrial pharmaceutics.
In any case, the training will emphasize the methodological aspects in order to avoid obsolescent competence. Graduates will acquire the methodology for scientific investigation in this particular field.; the basic multidisciplinary knowledge in understanding the drug, its structure and activity related to their interactions with biomolecules at the cellular and systemic level as well as its preparation and control; chemical and biological background integrated with economic, national and communitarian legislation regulating the various activities in this sector which is part of this profession as to guarantee safety , quality and efficacy of medical products, in accordance with WHO (World Health Organization) and other national and European directives; useful information in order to work in the national health service and to be able to intract with other health care
professionals; a solid knowledge of the methodology for scientific investigation.
According to EU directives, single-cycle degree courses must last 5 years, including a training period of at least six months in a Pharmacy open to the public or in a hospital, under the supervision, for at least 30 credits. As to the definition of curricula, they are in conformity with direttive 85/432/CEE and according to law (n. 270/2004; art. 6:3 and art. 10:2).