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Establishment of School of Pharmacy

1. Background
The Abbottabad Campus became functional in July 2001, and the first academic session started in
September 2001. This campus is ideally situated and built on 308 anals of land. The natural
climatically ad!anta"es of Abbottabad city, lar"e land area, sports and recreational facilities and
abo!e all, a secure and friendly en!ironment ha!e all combined to ma#e the Abbottabad campus
more of a resort. The campus is an ideal place to study, li!e and $or#. The ma%ority of the campus
area encompasses par#s, orchards, lush "reen "rounds, blossomin" flo$er beds and trees. Set in
these en!irons $ith panoramic bac#"round !ie$ of Thandiani and &aliat mountains ma#es C''T
Campus at Abbottabad, an a$e inspirin" modern day place of learnin".
The first academic session started $ith student stren"th of 121 and only three under"raduate
pro"rams. Soon C''T Abbottabad emer"ed as a leadin" institute of the re"ion. (rom a modest
be"innin" $ith three departments and 121 student stren"th, three under"raduate pro"rams and
physical structure comprisin" old )orld*)ar '' barrac#s, emer"ed the leadin" institute of the re"ion
$hich has no$ 11 departments, a student stren"th of ++,0 -., fold increase/, 10 under"raduate
pro"rams, 21 "raduate pro"rams, a 1ualified faculty stren"th of .20 includin" 1,+ 3h4s and .2
modern laboratories. 5ur physical infrastructure emulates the best educational institutions of
country. Since 200,, C''T has consistently earned the sin"ular honor of bein" ran#ed amon" top 10
institutions of hi"her education in the country. 6ecent 78C ran#in" has placed C''T at 9 2 on
research output basis durin" 2013, $hich is a "reat achie!ement.
2. School of Pharmacy
There is a se!ere shorta"e of 1ualified pharmacists in 3a#istan as $ell as internationally. 'n !ie$ of
the present and emer"in" needs of the pharmacy profession, C5:SATS reco"ni;ed the dire
situation and thus decided to launch the 4octor of 3harmacy pro"ram at its Abbottabad Campus.
The ma%or theme behind this idea $as to play an acti!e role to foster the national health care needs
throu"h a broad*based hi"her and professional education of pharmacy.
2.1. Vision
To be a leader in inno!ati!e 3harmacy education and 3roduct based dru" disco!ery, dru" deli!ery
and pharmaceutical nanotechnolo"y research. The 3harmacists ha!in" the desired #no$led"e, s#ills
and competencies $ould pro!ide ser!ices in community, 7ospitals and 'ndustry and be life*lon"
learners and researchers.
2.2. Faculty
Ten 3h4 (aculty members and research associates in each of the follo$in" department may be
re1uired.
3harmacy 3ractice
3harmaceutics
3harmaco"nosy
3harmacolo"y
3harmaceutical Chemistry
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2.3. Programs to be Offered
nder !radute Programs"
#octor of Pharmacy $Pharm%#&
4octor of 3harmacy de"ree pro"ram, as $ell as the professional e<perience component at its core.
The School $ould be committed to ad!ancin" the preparation of future pharmacists, $ith an
inno!ati!e curriculum that continues to e!ol!e as $ell as a $ide ran"e of opportunities for dual and
%oint de"rees that allo$ customi;in" education to meet one=s specific needs and "oals.
!radute Programs"
'aster of Pharmacy $'S& and #octor of Philoso(hy $Ph#&
The mission of the "raduate pro"ram is to pro!ide e<emplary educational, research, and "ro$th
opportunities durin" a student>s tenure. )e ha!e researchers $or#in" acti!ely in the areas of basic
and applied pharmacolo"y, bioacti!e natural products, cardio!ascular pharmacolo"y, dru" deli!ery
and formulation de!elopment, dru" de!elopment based on en;yme inhibition, pharmacy practice,
pharmacy practice and clinical research. The students may "raduate $ith a :S or 3h4 in
pharmaceutical sciences $ith a speciali;ation in one of fi!e areas? pharmacolo"y, pharmaceutical
chemistry, pharmaceutics, 3harmacy practice and pharmaco"nosy.
#octor of Pharmacy)'aster of Business *dministration $Pharm#)'B*&
&raduates of the 3harm4@:AA dual*de"ree pro"ram are in hi"h demand for re$ardin" %obs such
as?
4irector of hospital pharmacy operations
4epartment head in pharmaceutical manufacturin" corporations
Administrator in research and mana"ed care departments
Beadership position in pharmaceutical distribution or"ani;ations
#octor of Pharmacy)'aster of Public +ealth $Pharm#)'P+&
The role of the pharmacist has e<panded from dispensin" medications to that of an inte"ral part of
the health care team, $ith e<pertise in patient dru" therapy. 'n response to the "ro$in" demand for
pharmacists $ho also are #no$led"eable in population*based health care. This dual de"ree
emphasi;es trainin" for those $ho see# to be a"ents of chan"e $ithin the profession, preparin"
them for leadership roles at the local, state and national le!els, as $ell as e<pertise in conductin"
research in hospital* and community*based settin"s.
2.4 Research Areas
4ru" desi"n and disco!ery
4ru" deli!ery, disposition and dynamics
:edicinal chemistry
:edicine use and safety
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Ceuroscience
2., -esearch .enters to be Established
Center for Pharmaceutical Care
The center $ill pro!ide an e<periential practice site for fourth and final year 3harm4 students,
allo$in" them to perform comprehensi!e medication re!ie$s !ia the telephone, complete patient
chart 1uarterly re!ie$s, and spea# to patients re"ardin" adherence issues.
Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development
The centre $ill foster early*sta"e dru" disco!ery by pro!idin" infrastructure, chemical libraries and
e<pertise to screen for disease*rele!ant tar"ets and molecules that modulate tar"et acti!ity. A
compound identified durin" the disco!ery pro"ram $ill ser!e as the startin" point for de!elopment
campai"ns.
3a#istan in "eneral and 7a;ara 4i!ision in particular has a !ery rich flora of medicinal plants. The
medicinal plants are e!en obtained for research from this re"ion by other institutes of the country.
The proposed centre $ill help to carry out a comprehensi!e research on !arious aspects of
medicinal plants of this area $ith a %oint !enture of pharmaco"nosists, pharmacolo"ists,
phytochemists and biotechnolo"ists. This research $ill ultimately contribute to pro"ram for dru"
disco!ery nationally and internationally. 't $ill also help to furnish scientifically standardi;ed herbal
medicine in the country. 't $ill also help the local community to "ro$ medicinal plants as crops and
earn re!enue for them and for country.
.enter for drug deli/ery and Pharmaceutical nanotechnology
Aiolo"ical dru"s and dru" deli!ery research are closely lin#ed, because better dru" deli!ery
systems are needed for effecti!e use of biolo"ical dru"s -e."., recombinant proteins, "enes, si6CAs,
and cell therapies/. This centre $ill acti!ely de!elop ad!anced dru" deli!ery systems by researchin"
dru" con%u"ates and nanoformulationsD polymer, lipid, peptide, and protein nanoparticlesD
biopharmaceutical protein en"ineerin" and chemical con%u"ationD and self*assembly and processin"
of nanomedicines. :onitorin" dru" distribution $ill include the de!elopment of ne$ methods for
the measurement of dru" pharmaco#inetics in !i!o.
Center for Pharmacogenomics
Center for Systems Pharmacology
3. 0ndustry -elations
The School $ill focus on the capacity, e<pertise, infrastructure and dri!e needed to foster mutually
beneficial collaborations $ith national and international industry partners.
1. 0nfrastructure
(ifty thousand s1uare feet co!ered area for housin" the proposed school of pharmacy comprisin"?

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Class rooms and Becture theaters for 000 students -+00 under"raduate and 200 &raduate
pro"rams/
8 academic labs, 2 computer labs and 0 6E4 labs.
Bibrary
Conference meetin" rooms
(aculty members offices
Cafeteria
,. 2ist of E3ui(ments for teaching and research
Fltra 73BC system for ad!anced analytical method,
Capillary electrophoresis analytical de!elopment facility,
Getasi;er for particle si;e distribution in !arious dosa"e forms,
Stability testin" chambers for accelerated and lon" term studies,
FH and (luorescence Spectrophotometer for method de!elopment of specific dru"s,
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automated hi"h*field C:6 and C:6 support
BC*:S
a protein production laboratory
automated synthesis and purification systems, screenin" libraries and systems
peptide synthesis
a $ell*e1uipped, computational, chemistry laboratory and hi"h*performance computational
facilities,
:ar*3.+ ima"e plate system $ith a des#top beamline and 5smic Hari:a< confocal
multilayer mirrors.
7ot melt e<trusion system for tablets and capsules,
6oller 3ellet :ill and spheroni;er,
(luidi;ed coatin" system for modified release dosa"e forms,
7HAC system for clean room 12<18 ft -.ton/,
(ree;er -*+0IC to *8,IC, 11.8 cu.ft/,
6efri"erated centrifu"e -7i"h speed/,
Aio safety cabinet -(ilter efficiency 22.22J at 0.3pm/,
Automated !ertical (ran; diffusion cell -set of ,/,
Aroo#field Hiscometer,
(ree;e 4ryer -ice temperature appro<. *+.IC, ice chamber 3.+ B/ etc.
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