Diploma in Pharmacy is a 2-year-long career-oriented, diploma course. Students who wish to pursue a long-term career in the medical field of pharmaceutical sciences, and start a career in the pharmaceutical industry, can take admission to the D Pharma course.
Bachelor of Pharmacy or B.Pharma is a 4 years undergraduate degree that teaches students about drug synthesis, dosage formulation, analysing the chemical nature and preclinical testing of new drugs. Apart from the technical aspects of pharmacy, B Pharmacy also talks about marketing of pharmaceutical products and patenting of new drugs.
B. Pharmacy (Lateral Entry) is an undergraduate three years course post-Diploma in Pharmacy (approved by PCI). It imparts skills to work in industry, clinical set ups, drug control organizations, education and research sectors in pharmaceuticals.