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As a postgraduate medical discipline, pharmaceutical medicine has a recognised international syllabus, training courses with examinations and qualifications, its own research methodologies, professional bodies and academic societies, journals and texts, and embraces new technologies and regulations in pursuit of proof of efficacy, safety and effectiveness of medicines.
As a postgraduate medical discipline, pharmaceutical medicine has a recognised international syllabus, training courses with examinations and qualifications, its own research methodologies, professional bodies and academic societies, journals and texts, and embraces new technologies and regulations in pursuit of proof of efficacy, safety and effectiveness of medicines.


Pharmaceutical medicine is a listed medical specialty in the UK, Ireland, Switzerland and Mexico. This official recognition is underlined by the availability of accredited education and training of specialist pharmaceutical physicians and the establishment and maintenance of standards of practice and professionalism in the competency, care and conduct applied to their work and of growing public recognition and accountability. In the UK, the [[Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine]] provides accreditation for the specialty.
Pharmaceutical medicine is a listed medical specialty in the UK,<ref>{{cite journal |author=Daniels S |title= Pharmaceutical Medicine in the UK | url=http://adisonline.com/pharmaceuticalmedicine/Abstract/2011/25010/Pharmaceutical_Medicine_in_the_UK.1.aspx |journal=Pharm Med |volume=25 |issue=1 |page=1-5 |year=2011}}</ref> Ireland, Switzerland<ref>{{cite journal |author=Traber M, Althaus B |title= Pharmaceutical Medicine in Switzerland | url=http://adisonline.com/pharmaceuticalmedicine/Abstract/2010/24020/Pharmaceutical_Medicine_in_Switzerland.1.aspx |journal=Pharm Med |volume=24 |issue=2 |page=75-81 |year=2010}}</ref> and Mexico.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Cohen-Munoz V, Llopiz-Aviles M, Llorens F, et al. |title= Pharmaceutical Medicine in Mexico | url=http://adisonline.com/pharmaceuticalmedicine/Abstract/2010/24040/Pharmaceutical_Medicine_in_Mexico.2.aspx |journal=Pharm Med |volume=24 |issue=4 |page=211-218 |year=2010}}</ref> This official recognition is underlined by the availability of accredited education and training of specialist pharmaceutical physicians and the establishment and maintenance of standards of practice and professionalism in the competency, care and conduct applied to their work and of growing public recognition and accountability. In the UK, the [[Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine]] provides accreditation for the specialty.


The basics of pharmaceutical medicine are founded on the knowledge and understanding of how [[drugs]] work, the limitations and variability of response to therapies, and how therapies can be used optimally in clinical practice. In addition to expertise in basic research, [[drug development]] and evaluation, clinical trials and registration, pharmaceutical physicians need a thorough understanding of [[pharmacoeconomics]], medical aspects of the marketing of medicines, business administration and the social impact of healthcare on patients and public health.<ref name="pharmsci">{{cite journal |author= Stonier P, Baber N |url= http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2125.2000.00202.x/abstract |title= Clinical pharmacology and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine |journal= Br J Clin Pharmacol |volume=49 |issue=6 |pages=523–524 |year=2000 |doi=10.1046/j.1365-2125.2000.00202.x}}</ref>
The basics of pharmaceutical medicine are founded on the knowledge and understanding of how [[drugs]] work, the limitations and variability of response to therapies, and how therapies can be used optimally in clinical practice. In addition to expertise in basic research, [[drug development]] and evaluation, clinical trials and registration, pharmaceutical physicians need a thorough understanding of [[pharmacoeconomics]], medical aspects of the marketing of medicines, business administration and the social impact of healthcare on patients and public health.<ref name="pharmsci">{{cite journal |author= Stonier P, Baber N |url= http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2125.2000.00202.x/abstract |title= Clinical pharmacology and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine |journal= Br J Clin Pharmacol |volume=49 |issue=6 |pages=523–524 |year=2000 |doi=10.1046/j.1365-2125.2000.00202.x}}</ref>

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Pharmaceutical medicine is the medical scientific discipline concerned with the discovery, development, evaluation, registration, monitoring and medical aspects of marketing of medicines for the benefit of patients and public health.[1][2][3] While the boundaries of pharmaceutical medicine are indistinct, at its centre is the clinical testing of medicines, translation of pharmaceutical drug research into new medicines, safety and well-being of research participants in clinical trials, and understanding the safety profile of medicines and their benefit-risk balance. Pharmaceutical physicians work in the pharmaceutical industry, drug regulatory authorities and contract research organisations, but have a close affinity with their medical colleagues in primary and secondary health care and at universities.

As a postgraduate medical discipline, pharmaceutical medicine has a recognised international syllabus, training courses with examinations and qualifications, its own research methodologies, professional bodies and academic societies, journals and texts, and embraces new technologies and regulations in pursuit of proof of efficacy, safety and effectiveness of medicines.

Pharmaceutical medicine is a listed medical specialty in the UK,[4] Ireland, Switzerland[5] and Mexico.[6] This official recognition is underlined by the availability of accredited education and training of specialist pharmaceutical physicians and the establishment and maintenance of standards of practice and professionalism in the competency, care and conduct applied to their work and of growing public recognition and accountability. In the UK, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine provides accreditation for the specialty.

The basics of pharmaceutical medicine are founded on the knowledge and understanding of how drugs work, the limitations and variability of response to therapies, and how therapies can be used optimally in clinical practice. In addition to expertise in basic research, drug development and evaluation, clinical trials and registration, pharmaceutical physicians need a thorough understanding of pharmacoeconomics, medical aspects of the marketing of medicines, business administration and the social impact of healthcare on patients and public health.[7]

References

  1. ^ Stonier PD, Silva H, Lahon H (2007). "Pharmaceutical medicine: history, global status, evolution and development". Int J Pharm Med. 21 (4): 253–262.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "International Federation of Associations of Pharmaceutical Physicians".
  3. ^ "Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine".
  4. ^ Daniels S (2011). "Pharmaceutical Medicine in the UK". Pharm Med. 25 (1): 1-5.
  5. ^ Traber M, Althaus B (2010). "Pharmaceutical Medicine in Switzerland". Pharm Med. 24 (2): 75-81.
  6. ^ Cohen-Munoz V, Llopiz-Aviles M, Llorens F; et al. (2010). "Pharmaceutical Medicine in Mexico". Pharm Med. 24 (4): 211-218. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Stonier P, Baber N (2000). "Clinical pharmacology and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine". Br J Clin Pharmacol. 49 (6): 523–524. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2125.2000.00202.x.

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