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Project Writing for Retail Pharmacy Practical Training: A Proforma

Prasad V. Patrekar* and Sachin S. Mali
Department of Pharmaceutics, Adarsh Institute of Pharmacy, Vita, 415 311, Maharashtra, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: prasadpatrekar@gmail.com

ABSTRACT:
It is very important to know the layout of pharmacy for student apprentice pharmacist. The knowledge of proper
arrangement of things in the pharmacy, during the training period, someone will not get problem for arrangement to be
done in his own pharmacy. Student pharmacist who wants to registered pharmacist must know the drugs and cosmetic
Act 1940. The drug and cosmetics Act was passed in 1940, with a main object to regulate the import, manufacture
distribution and sale of drug and cosmetics. The Act also provides for the control over the sale and distribution of
drugs by only trained and qualified persons. In retail pharmacy now-a-days readymade formulation of drugs are
available student pharmacist knows the different dosage forms of drug but in training he got opportunity to handle, feel
and see the different dosage forms at one place i.e. in retail pharmacy. A trained pharmacist must know the drug
formulations available in market but with that someone must know the pharmacological action of the particular drug.
A Student pharmacist has to undergo 750 Hrs. practical training spread over 3 months in a retail pharmacy. During this
period student pharmacist interact with medical representatives of different companies. Over the counter (OTC) drugs
concepts is very important while taking training in any retail pharmacy. As our pharmacy profession is ethical
profession, here we have to sale each and every medicine against the prescription given by registered medical
practioners. Generally prescriptions are written specific format and it contains different parts. It is the duty of every
pharmacist to give sales receipt to the patient after dispensing the medicines. This proforma will beneficial to all
institutes of pharmacy for uniformity in project and training before sanctioning the apprentice practical training.

KEYWORDS: Layout of retail pharmacy, Schedules, Different dosage forms, OTC, Prescription etc.

LAYOUT OF RETAIL PHARMACY

A good layout results in comforts convenience, appearance
safety and profits. Plant or shop pharmacy layout means “It
identically involves the allocation of space and the
arrangement of equipment’s and stock of medicines in such
a manner that overall operating costs or investments costs
are minimized”.

Layout of pharmacy broadly means the arrangement and

location of different furniture, medicines etc. within the
available space. More important is how the owner is
utilized the space to arrange the things. The decision
regarding pharmacy layout cannot be taken once for all at
the time of locating things. It should be flexible enough to
accommodate the subsequent changes in the market trends
and requirement of pharmacy and thus business objective Fig 1: Layout of Retail Pharmacy
can be achieved satisfactorily. Layout is a plan for
arranging the physical facilities and manpower and utilizing It is very important to know the layout of pharmacy for
them in an effective manner. Layout of retail pharmacy as student apprentice pharmacist. With this trainee pharmacist
shown in fig. 1 can get the idea about storage of medicines and as well as
display of it. Trainee pharmacist can get idea about proper
Received on 25.07.2014 Modified on 18.08.2014 utilization of space and thus achieves the objective of
Accepted on 28.08.2014 © RJPT All right reserved minimum movement of both medicine him / her. If trainee
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things in the pharmacy, during the training period, trainee H- Prescription drugs which are required to be sold by
pharmacist will not get problem for arrangement to be done retail only on prescription of Registered Medical
in his own pharmacy.1 Practitioner.
I- Calculation of proportion of poison in Certain
OBJECTIVES OF LAYOUT Cases.
1. Optimum utilization of man, materials and space. J- List of diseases and ailments which a drug may not
2. To minimize the selling expenses by handling the claim to prevent or are.
drugs / medicines efficiently. K- List of drugs exempted from certain Provisions
3. Minimize the delays in dispensing by providing Applicable to mtg of drugs and sale of drugs.
convenient service centers. L- List of drugs to be sold on prescription only.
4. To provide optimum space for reserve stock office and M- Good Manufacturing Practices and requirement of
visiting place for employees. factory premises, plant, equipment for
5. To provide efficient supervision and dispensing control manufacturing of drugs.
and reduce to changes q theft. 1) Requirement for manufacture of homeopathic
6. To minimize the movements of customers within the drugs.
premises. 2) Requirement of factory premises, plant,
7. To attract the large number of customers. equipment for manufacture of cosmetics.
3) Requirement of factory premises for
SCHEDULES2 manufacture of medical devices.
Student pharmacist who wants to registered pharmacist N- List of minimum equipment for efficient running of
must know the drugs and cosmetic Act 1940. The drug and pharmacy.
cosmetics Act was passed in 1940, with a main object to O- Standard for disinfectant fluids.
regulate the import, manufacture distribution and sale of P- Life period of drugs
drug and cosmetics. The Act also provides for the control 1) Pack Size of drugs.
over the sale and distribution of drugs by only trained and Q- List of colours permitted to be used in cosmetics of
qualified persons. colours permitted to be used soaps.
R- Standard for condoms made up rubber latex
To control the drugs sale and distribution, D and C Act has intended for single.
mentioned various schedules to the Act. A student 1) Standard for medical devices.
pharmacist must know the various schedules for drug S- Standard for cosmetics.
before starting the actual training. During this period trainee T- Requirement for factory premises hygienic
pharmacist can get knowledge about the drugs according to conditions for manufacture of Ayurvedic and Unani
schedules. It is not like domestic things that, you can sale drugs.
drugs to anyone who comes to your pharmacy. Our sale U- Particulars to be shown in manufacturing and
trade is ethical and hence knowledge of various schedules is analytical record of drugs.
important for every trainee student pharmacist. 1) Particulars to be shown in manufacturing reward
of cosmetics.
Schedules which are very important relating to retail V- Standard for patent and proprietary medicine
pharmacy; containing vitamins.
A - List of Forms used for making applications for W- List of drugs which shall be marketed under generic
issuing licenses, granting licenses, sending names only.
memorandums. X- List of habit forming psychotropic and other drugs.
B - Fees for test or analysis by Central drug Laboratory Requirement and guideline for clinical trial for
or Government Analyst. import and manufacture of new drugs.
C - Biological and Special products
1) Other Special Products. DIFFERENT DOSAGE FORMS 3
D - Class of Exempted drugs which are exempted from a Drugs are used for diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, cure or
certain provision applicable to import of drugs. prevention of disease in human being. Drugs are rarely
E - List of poisonous Substances Omitted. administered in different dosage forms after converting
1) List of Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani Poisonous them into suitable formulation.
Substances.
F - Provisions applicable to blood blank requirement In retail pharmacy now-a-days readymade formulation of
and licensing to process blood Component. drugs are available student pharmacist knows the different
1) Provision applicable to Vaccines, anti sera and dosage forms of drug but in training he got opportunity to
diagnostic antigens. handle, feel and see the different dosage forms at one place
2) Standard for surgical dressings i.e. in retail pharmacy. Student pharmacist must initially
3) Standard for ophthalmic preparation recall and understand the different dosage forms and how
G - List of substances to be taken under supervision of they are administered. Because in some retail pharmacies
registered medical practitioner. the medicines are kept in shelves according to dosage forms
e.g. capsules, tablets, syrups, Creams, injections etc.
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Hence before starting the training trainee pharmacist must condition etc. Dosage forms may be classified on the basis
collect different dosage forms meaning and their of physical form the final product.
administration or application so that trainee pharmacist can
give information to the patient about administration, storage

Figure:2. Dosage forms

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A. SOLID DOSAGE FORMS c. Linctuses–

1. Unit dosage
a. Tablet-
Tablet is a unit pharmaceutical dosage form. It comprises a
mixture of active substances and excipients, usually in
powder form, pressed or compacted from a powder into a
solid dose.
b. Capsule-
Techniques used to enclose medicines in a relatively stable
shell known as a capsule.
c. Powder –
A powder is a dry, bulk solid composed of a large number
of very fine particles that may flow freely when shaken or
tilted.
d. Pills-
A pill was originally defined as a small, round, solid
pharmaceutical oral dosage form of medication that was in
use before the advent of tablets and capsules.
2. Bulk dosage
 Internal dosage forms
a. Granules-
A granule is a dosage form consisting of powder particles
that have been aggregated to form a larger mass, usually 2–
4 mm in diameter.
b. Effervescent Granules-
Effervescent granules are uncoated granules generally
containing acid substances and carbonates or hydrogen
carbonates which react rapidly in the presence of water to
release carbon dioxide.
 External dosage forms
a. Dusting Powder-
A dusting powder is a finely divided insoluble powder
containing ingredients such as talc, zinc oxide, or starch.
b. Insufflations-
It is the practice of inhaling a substance. Insufflation
has medical use as a route of administration for many
respiratory drugs used to treat conditions in the lungs (e.g.,
asthma or emphysema) and paranasal sinus (e.g., allergy).
c. Snuffs-
Snuff (tobacco), fine-ground tobacco, intended for
consumption by being inhaled or sniffed into the nose
d. Dentifrices-
Dentifrices are agents used along with a toothbrush to
clean and polish natural teeth.
A syrupy or sticky preparation containing medicaments
exerting a local action on the mucous membrane of the
throat.
d. Draught-
These are liquid oral preparations of which only one or two
rather large doses of the order of 50 ml are prescribed.
 External dosage forms
a. Liniments –
Liniment (or embrocation), from the Latin linere, to anoint,
is a medicated topical preparation for application to the
skin. Sometimes it called balms.
b. Lotion –
The term "lotion" has been used to categorize many topical
suspensions, solutions and emulsions intended for
application to the skin.
c. Gargles -
Gargling is where the head is tilted back, allowing the
mouthwash to sit in the back of the mouth while exhaling,
causing the liquid to bubble.
e. Mouth Washes –
It is a liquid which is held in the mouth passively or swilled
around the mouth by contraction of the perioral muscles
and/or movement of the head, and may be gargled, where
the head is tilted back and the liquid bubbled at the back of
the mouth.
f. Eye Lotion –
Eye-lotions are usually weak solutions in water of one or
more medicaments of an antiseptic, astringent, or sedative
character- such as boric acid, mercuric chloride, alum,
tannic acid, borax, or sodium bicarbonate.
g. Eye Drops–
Eye drops are saline-containing drops used as an ocular
route to administer.
h. Throat Points–
Throat paints are more viscous due to high content of
glycerin which being sticky adheres to the affected site and
prolong the action of the medicament.
d. Nasal Drops–
Nasal drops are solutions of drugs that are instilled into the
nose with a dropper. They are usually aqueous because oily
drops inhibit movement of cilia in nasal mucosa and if used
for long periods, may reach the lungs and cause lipoidal
pneumonia.

B. LIQUID DOSAGE FORMS 2. Biphasic dosage forms

1. Monophasic dosage forms
 Internal dosage forms
a. Syrup–
A syrup is a thick, viscous liquid consisting primarily of a
solution of sugar in water, containing a large amount of
dissolved sugars but showing little tendency to deposit
crystals.
b. Elixirs–
It is a clear, sweet-flavoured liquid used for medicinal
purposes, to be taken orally and intended to cure one's ills.
When used as a pharmaceutical preparation, an elixir
contains at least one active ingredient designed to be taken
orally.
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a. Suspensions–
A Pharmaceutical suspension is a coarse dispersion in
which internal phase is dispersed uniformly throughout the
external phase.
b. Emulsions–
An emulsion is a system consisting of two immiscible
liquid phases, one of which is dispersed throughout the
other in the form of fine droplets; droplet diameter
generally ranges from 0.1–100 μm.
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C. SEMI SOLID DOSAGE FORMS 5. Anti-inflammatory -

 External dosage forms The drugs which are used to reduce inflammation and pain
a. Ointments– arise from it.
An ointment is a greasy, semi-solid pre-paration that 6. Anti-diarrheal-
contains dissolved or dispersed drug. Diarrhea is defined as the frequent passage of liquid faces
b. Pastes– with or without blood or mucus.
Pastes are semisolid dosage forms that contain one or more 7. Antacid-
drug substances intended for topical application. Antacid are medicine that neutralize stomach acid.
c. Creams– 8. Anti-emetic-
A cream is a semi-solid emulsion formulated for application These are the agent used specifically to prevent or relieve
to the skin or mucous membranes. Droplet diameter in nausea and vomiting.
topical emulsions generally ranges from 0.1–100 μm. 9. Hypoglycemic agents-
d. Jellies– The agents that reduce the blood glucose level are known as
Jellies are transparent, non-greasy, semisolid preparation hypoglycemic agent.
for external applications to skin & mucous membrane. 10. Diuretics-
e. Suppositories– A diuretic is any substance that promotes the production of
A suppository is a drug delivery system that is inserted into urine. This includes forced diuresis.
the rectum (rectal suppository), vagina (vaginal 11. Anticancer–
suppository) or urethra (urethral suppository), where it These drugs are used in the treatment of malignant diseases
dissolves or melts and is absorbed into the blood stream. (cancer). These drugs can be used for cure, control, or
palliative (relief of symptoms) therapy.
Student pharmacist must write two examples of medicines
available in the retail pharmacy of each dosage form. This NEW MEDICINES
can give idea that student pharmacist has handled such A Student pharmacist has to undergo 750 Hrs. practical
products and trainee pharmacist is aware that training spread over 3 months in a retail pharmacy. During
products/medicine. this period student pharmacist interact with medical
representatives of different companies. Every time there are
PHARMACOLOGICAL CLASSES OF DRUG4 companies which come into market with new drug
A trained pharmacist must know the drug formulations molecule or new drug formulation. Student pharmacist can
available in market but with that trainee pharmacist must get information from the medical representative of
know the pharmacological action of the particular drug. For companies. For this student pharmacist must have good
that trainee pharmacist must have full knowledge about communication with them and develop good business
pharmacological classes and the meaning and the drugs relation. From them trainee pharmacist can get other market
comes under each category. For this trainee pharmacist can positions of other drugs/formulations.
take help of Drug information books available in retail
pharmacy like CIMS, MIMS, and Drug Today etc. A student pharmacist must note down the new arrivals of
medicines in to market during the training period. Trainee
This information helps them in patient counseling or can pharmacist has to collect all the information about new
give information to patient about action of drug. product in the note book. A student pharmacist must write
Hence student pharmacist must write down the information in following format.
pharmacological classes of drug initially and then trainee 1. Brand Name of products.
pharmacist can write available medicines examples 2. Main ingredient of products and concentration.
according to classes. 3. Composition of formulation.
4. If chemical name and structure given by company in
Pharmacological classes’ are- leaflet should write.
1. Antibiotic- 5. Indications of medicine.
Antibiotic are chemical substances delivered from 6. Dose of drug.
metabolically produced by living organizations, which are 7. Contraindication.
capable of inhibiting the processes of other micro 8. Interactions.
organization in small concentration. 9. Maximum Retail Prize.
2. Antipyretic - 10. Manufacturer name.
The agent which reduces elevated body temperature than
normal. TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR
3. Analgesic - MEDICINES STORAGE5
The drug which decreases sensitivity of pain by depressing Medicines are not stored properly they may not work in the
CNS without loss of consciousness is called analgesic. way they were intended, and so pose a potential risk to the
4. Hematinic - health and wellbeing of the person receiving the medicine.
These are drugs which raise number of red blood cells and Medicines should be stored under conditions which ensure
amount of hemoglobin to normal level and above when they that their quality is maintained. The temperature of storage
are below normal. is one of the most important factors that can affect the
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stability of a medicine. The purpose of this guidance is to OVER THE COUNTER DRUGS
clarify the temperature storage arrangements that a Over the counter (OTC) drugs concepts is very important
residential care service should have in place when it while taking training in any retail pharmacy. As our
manages medicines on behalf of people in the service. pharmacy profession is ethical profession, here we have to
sale each and every medicine against the prescription given
Many medicines require storage between 2°C and 8°C. by registered medical practioners.
Some products can be irreversibly degraded even by brief
periods at sub-zero temperatures, and so monitoring of That means physician checks the patient make diagnosis
storage temperature is vital. A separate, secure and and accordingly prescribes medicine for treatment of
dedicated refrigerator should be available for medicines in particular disease. If anybody takes medicine without
services where there is a regular need for medicines to be consulting physician in that case instead of treatment/ cure
stored between 2°C – 8°C. some other problem may arise. Hence under D and C Act
1948, it is mentioned that the medicines in retail pharmacy
In smaller services where the need for cold storage may should be sold against the prescription.
only be, for example, for the occasional bottle of oral
antibiotic or eye drops, medicines could be stored in a In pharmacy market there are some medicines or
domestic fridge. Here medicines should be kept on a formulations available which can be sold to patient
separate shelf in a lidded plastic container which will help whenever demanded without prescription. Such medicines
in isolating the medicines from any other fridge items. The which are given without prescription demanded by patient
medicines container in the domestic fridge should not be are called as over the counter medicines (OTC). For such
accessible to service users. Some medicines require storage products physicians’ prescription is not required.
at less than 15°C. Since most services do not have a cool
room a refrigerator would probably provide appropriate After this, one may say that patients comes to pharmacy and
storage for such products, provided that storage below 8ºC sometimes asks medicines which patients has taken before
does not affect the medicine. on prescription and now patients has demands without
prescription. Such medicines come under OTC. It is not
The requirement to store medicines at 25°C or below can true. To clear OTC concept in other word- ‘The Medicines
usually be satisfied by room temperature storage. The which has television, newspaper advertisement are comes
requirement to monitor room temperatures is only an issue under OTC’. Our other products are not advertised by this
if the room appears to be “warm”. This might be the case, way e.g. Violin gel, Saridon, Zandu balm etc. Such drugs
for example, if the room was next to the kitchen, contained student pharmacist must have to identify during training
a cupboard with a hot water tank, was consistently warmed period and should mention in report. Those drugs are sale
by sunlight through a window etc. over the counter without prescription is called as over the
counter drug.
If the main medicines room falls into this sort of situation,
or if there is any doubt about the temperature of the room, it PRESCRIPTION READING AND COMMENTS
would be recommended that daily temperature readings are Prescription is a written order from a registered medical
recorded for a sustained period (e.g. 2-3 months) to practitioner or other properly licensed practitioners such as
ascertain if the temperature is consistently above 25 dentist, veterinarian etc. to a pharmacist to compound and
degrees. dispense a specific medication for the patient. Prescribing
are generally written in English language but Latin words or
If the main storage area is found to be consistently above abbreviations are frequently used in order to save time,
25°C measures such as the introduction of an air Hence every pharmacist must know the Latin terms and
conditioner should be implemented by the service in an abbreviations used by the physician. Generally prescriptions
attempt to control the problem. While some medicines will are written specific format and it contains different parts.
be unaffected at temperatures consistently above 25°C,
others, however, will not. If the service is in any doubt PARTS OF PRESCRIPTIONS3
about which medicines may be affected they should contact 1) Date
their supplying pharmacist for advice. 2) Name, Age, Sex and Address of the patient
3) Superscriptions
Summary 4) Inscriptions
1. Storage conditions can influence the stability of 5) Subscriptions
medicines. 6) Signature
2. Maximum and minimum temperatures over the 7) Renewal instructions
previous 24 hours should be recorded daily in fridges used 8) Signature address and Registrations number of the
to store medicines between 2°C and 8°C. prescriber
3. Temperatures should be recorded daily for any central
medicines storage areas if there is any concern that the
temperature is above 25°C.

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1) Date But now a day’s drugs are available in the market as ready-
It is more important to pharmacist to find out date of made formulations manufactured by different
prescribing and date of prescription for narcotic and other pharmaceutical companies. Hence in present day the role of
habit forming drugs the date is very important to avoid pharmacist is to hand over the ready-made preparations to
misuse of prescriptions. the patient and provide advice if demanded regarding mode
2) Name, Age, Sex and Address of patient of administration.
Identifications of prescriptions is depends on information’s
written like name, age, ,sex and address o patient on In course, theoretically student apprentice has covered all
prescriptions. If any mistake according to age and sex the aspects of prescription. But during training period he
pharmacist can check it and correct it by consulting with the has to use that knowledge while handling the prescription.
prescriber. Trainee pharmacist has to read the prescription carefully.
3) Superscription Trainee pharmacist must know the age and sex of patient
It is symbolic representations before writing the before dispensing drugs to them. This is because if there is
prescriptions ‘Rx’ is an abbreviations of Latin word mistake by physician trainee pharmacist can correct after
meaning ‘You Take ‘originally in old days it is considered consulting the physician regarding dose of preparation.
as a sign of Jupiter , the God of healing . It is a humble
request to god for quick recovery the patient Trainee pharmacist must have knowledge about the drugs
4) Inscription given in prescription that is about pharmacological action,
It is the main part of prescription it contains names and dose of drug, way of administration, storage condition etc.
quantities to be taken of prescribed ingredients. Also trainee pharmacist must know the adverse effects and
contra indications about drug. So that trainee pharmacist
Each ingredient is written on separate line along with its can understand that in prescription why other drugs are
prescribed quantity. written by physician e.g. Antacids etc

But in complex prescriptions several ingredients are given
and such prescription is divided in two parts as follows –
A) Base: It just contains the active ingredients which are
given to produce described therapeutic effect.
B) Adjuvant: These are the ingredient which is use either
to enhance the action of drug or improve the palatability of
the preparation.
C) Vehicle: These are the ingredients which used to
dissolve the solid ingredient or to increase the volume of
preparation.
5) Subscriptions
It contains the direction to the pharmacist for preparing the
number of doses for dispensing. But now this part is
omitted because most of the prescriptions are not
compounded.
6) Signature
This is the direction to the patient about administration of
the drug. It is usually written as ‘Sig’ on the patient must be
transferred to the label of container in which medicament is
dispensed.
Instructions like
A. Mode of administrations.
B. Frequency of administration or applications
C. Quantity to be taken
D. Special instructions – such as dilution mixing etc.
7) Renewal Instructions
The prescriber should indicate or write on prescription
whether it may be renewed and for how many times this is
more important to prevent misuse of narcotic and habit
drugs
8) Signature, address and registration number of
prescriber
At the end of prescription there must be signature of the
prescriber along with its registration number qualifications
and address.
Trainee pharmacist must be able to evaluate the prescription
by giving special comments. The comments like why the
drugs are prescribed along with other drugs.
Once this practice of evaluating the prescription in all way
is adopted by student apprentice there are very less chances
of giving wrong dose, drug, and preparation by them in
future.
Hence comments on the prescription apprentice received
during training period are important. It is not like that for
every prescription he/she has to comment. But from
prescriptions handled during training period, out of that 20-
30 prescriptions he/she should select and should evaluate
according to his/her knowledge and give comment about
that.
The main objective of training to student pharmacist is not
only make him/her aware with medicines, but trainee
pharmacist must also become competent enough to analyze
the prescription with help of physicians and drug reference
book.
SALES BILL AND PURCHASE BILL
It is the duty of every pharmacist to give sales receipt to the
patient after dispensing the medicines. The sales invoice is
important for patient and retail pharmacy, because it is the
only one evidence that which medicines are given by retail
pharmacy to the patient as shown in Table No.1.
In a pharmacy medicines are sold to the patient as per
prescription by charging the cost. This transaction is retail
trading. For resale firstly pharmacy owner should have to
purchase the medicines from wholesalers available in that
area.

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In pharmacy market there are number of wholesalers are
available having medicines of different companies they sale
these medicines to retail pharmacy for resale to the patient.
As we know medicines are very important because they are
playing with human health, hence every student apprentice
pharmacist must know the important things while
purchasing the medicines from wholesaler. For this purpose
during training period trainee pharmacist must go through
purchase bills. Purchase bill format is as shown in Table
No.2.

SALES BILL
Table No. 1: The format of sales invoice of retail pharmacy
Name of Chemist and Druggist:-______________________ Cash Invoice No.
Address:-________________________________________
Patient Name and Address:-______________________________________________
Name of Physician:- _________________________________Date:-____________
Name of Medicine Qty. Mfg. Date Batch No. Expiry Date Amount

Total

Drug License No - Sign of Pharmacists

PURCHASE BILL
Table No. 2: Purchase bill format
Name of Wholesaler Tax- Invoice
Name of Retail Pharmacy-__________________________ Date Invoice No.
Address-________________________________________
Drug License No._________________________________
Particulars Mfg. Pack Batch No. Expiry Date MRP Rate

Total

VAT No:-
CST No:-
Drug License No. of Wholesaler: - Sign.

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To do the practical training in a retail pharmacy is nothing
but utilizing and implementing whatever knowledge gained
during course. Every student trainee should do systemic
training during practical training period. This proforma will
beneficial to all institutes of pharmacy for uniformity in
project and training before sanctioning the apprentice
practical training.

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