The first Pharm.D. program was established in 1950 at the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles, California. In India, Pharm.D. program was introduced in the year 2008 with the aim of increasing the scope of pharmacy to meet the present health care needs. It has got a lot of job opportunities in Government sector, academics, as-clinical pharmacist, community pharmacist, consultant pharmacist. Other areas of interest include CRO (Contract Research Organizations), PV (Pharmacovigilance), medical writing/medical science liaison/medical advisor, IT sector- medical billing, medical coding and insurance claim, corporate hospitals. However, there have some critics been made for Pharm.D. program of India.
Keywords: Clinical Pharmacy, NABPLEX, Pharm.D., Pharm.D. (Post Baccalaureate).