In Earlier days only some institutions available for pharmaceutical courses but by rapidly growth of demand of the people also has increased number of institutes. 
Today lots of institutions in the country are conducting diploma and degree courses in pharmacy and also full time courses. Some universities also has started regular and part time two year MBA course in pharmaceutical sciences after graduation.
Out of these sort term courses of six months to one year period like PG diploma in pharmaceutical and health care Marketing, diploma in pharmaceutical marketing, advanced diploma in pharmaceutical marketing and PG diploma course in pharmaceutical marketing, are also available. Education qualification for these programs is set as B.Sc. or B.Pharma. etc.
Course Subjects
In Pharma Management Course pharma Sailing, medical device marketing, pharma duration management, pharma marketing communications, quality control management, drug store management, anatomy and psychology, production planning, pharmacology, etc. subjects are covered. Apart from these technical subjects’ personality development and computer basic level education is also provided.
Job prospects
In foreign companies a variety of attractive job can easily be found such as Business Executive and Officer, production executive, medical representative etc. after Two to three years of experience may promoted as Area Manager, Regional Manager, as a product developer. There are also placement options during the course by pharmaceutical companies like Ranbaxy, Cipla , Glaxo, Candela, Johnson and Johnson etc. on good salary package.
Salary Package
Given the demand for trained people salary is also increasing rapidly. On Pharmaceutical production, Research and entry level two and half lakh annual can meet, which can go up to 20 lakh annual. In marketing sector 3 to 3.5 lakh salary can be achieved.
Summary of pharmaceutical industry
- Medicine or pharmaceutical business today is one of the four big industries of the world.
- 8 percent share of world trade comes under the industry.
- The industry’s total turnover is $ 10 billion currently.
- India’s domestic pharmaceutical industry holds more than 42 thousand crore’s business.
- There are 8-10 per cent annual growth.
- expected to reach 25 billion dollars by 2010.
- In the area of pharmaceutical marketing a fresher can get package of 3 to 3.5 millions.
