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An orientation program was organized by the Pharmacy department aimed to welcome first-grade students, in which the head of the pharmacy department gave a speech aimed to encourage the newly joined students to study and work hard to be a clever pharmacist.

Grade/Class Course Exam Hall Date/Day Time 2nd Biochemistry Lab 301,305,306,308, 312 14/11/2018 Wednesday 10:00 AM 2nd Physiology Lab 301,305,306,308, 312 15/11/2018 Thursday 15:30 2nd Physical Pharmacy 301,305,306,308, 312 17/11/2018 Saturday 10:00AM 2nd Biochemistry Theory 301,305,306,308, 312 18/11/2018 Sunday 10:00AM 2nd Organic Chemistry Theory ,             Organic chemistry Lab 301,305,306,308, 312 19/11/2018 Monday Theory at 10:00AM Practical at 2:00 PM 2nd Physiology Theory 301,305,306,308, 312 21/11/2018  Wednesday 10:00AM 2nd Microbiology Theory,                       Microbiology Lab 301,305,306,308, 312 22/11/2018  Thursday Theory at 10:00AM Practical at 2:00 PM 2nd Anatomy Theory,                                  Anatomy Lab 301,305,306,308, 312 24/11/2018 Saturday Theory at 10:00AM Practical at 2:00 PM

In a sense, we have always known about aspirin. The bark of the willow tree contains an aspirin-like compound and has recorded to have been used as far back as the ancient Egyptians and the Greeks. This tree bark was described as being pain relieving and anti-inflammatory by both and has been used as a medicine throughout history until modern chemistry developed.     Fast Forward thousands of years and the first aspirin like drug was extracted in 1826 and by 1853, acetylsalicylic acid was first synthesised but it was not until 1897 that the world-renowned pharmaceutical company Bayer first called [...]

The early years of the pharmaceutical industry were uneasy and the industry as we know it today did not formally exist. The art of medicine for thousands of years was focused on botanicals and the use of herbs which were distributed from local apothecaries. Some known plants were mass produced but the true beginning of the age of modern drug discovery can be said to start with the isolation of Morphine from Opium by a German apothecary assistant. By the end of the 1800’s, rudimentary organic synthesis was being performed allowing elementary changes in drug molecular structure, the National Institute of [...]

On the 7th of October, a lunch was prepared by the pharmacy and medical analysis department aimed to welcome the new staffs who joined Tishk International university this year.

On the  last day of exams, first stage pharmacy students arranged an Iftar in order to enjoy finishing exams. The head of pharmacy department , and many staffs where invited to eat Iftar with students.