Pharmacy Council of Bangladesh

Pharmacy Council of Bangladesh (PCB) is the organization established under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Bangladesh as a regulatory body for pharmacy education and profession. If you want to get permission to sell medicine in any part of Bangladesh, first of all you have to take a specific training from here compulsorily and only after completing the registration you can get permission to sell medicine.

History
The Bangladesh Pharmacy Council was established as a separate part of the Health Services Division of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Bangladesh in 1976, which was later reorganized as the Pharmacy Act 2013.

Aims and objectives
This is stated as the aim of the institution -

"Pharmacy education is conducted in such public and private educational institutions through the development of good governance and management to achieve excellence in higher education and innovative research, to ensure the provision of overall facilities to universities and institutes of health technologies to build a sustainable socio-economic development and knowledge-based economy."

Program
The Bangladesh Pharmacy Council was established as a separate part of the Health Services Department of (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Bangladesh)) in 1976, which was later reorganized as the Pharmacy Act 2013. -


 * Formulation of strategic plans regarding educational programs of pharmacy educational institutions and higher level pharmacy education in Bangladesh.
 * Formulation of policies aimed at improving the quality of relevant aspects of educational programs in government and private educational institutions where pharmacy education is conducted for sustainable socio-economic development.
 * Formulating policies aimed at ensuring emerging pharmaceutical technologies and establishing infrastructure for innovative research in universities.


 * Encouraging interaction between universities and pharmaceutical industry institutions for national development.
 * Formulating policies aimed at expanding and improving the quality of the pharmacy profession in the field of medicine in Bangladesh.

Role in public health
According to the prevailing rules in Bangladesh, it is mandatory to have a drug license from the Directorate General of Drug Administration and a certificate of completion of the pharmacist course from the Bangladesh Pharmacy Council to set up any kind of drug store in any part of the country.

Course Conduct and Certification
Total three types of courses are conducted by PCB; Category A is awarded for undergraduate level, Category B is awarded for diploma certificate courses of one to three years duration and Category C is awarded for three months duration courses. Bangladesh Pharmacy Council grants certificates after completion of various training and education in pharmacy from various educational institutions of the country. A few years ago, this institution also gave certificates to graduates from various universities of the country on the basis of passing the examination, which later, due to the violation of the law, the provision of giving without examination has been introduced at present.