Specialties in pharmacy profession

Question 1

Manages minor ailments, advices on your supplements and vitamins.

Answer 1

Community pharmacy

Question 2

Provides professional advice on the best choice of medicine for each patient.

Answer 2

Hospital pharmacy

Question 3

ensures the implementation of good pharmacy practice in pharmaceutical companies.

Answer 3

Manufacturing pharmacy

Question 4

formulates and implements healthcare policies/regulations

Answer 4

Drug regulatory

Question 5

educate about new treatment options

Answer 5

Marketing

Question 6

educating future generations of pharmacists

Answer 6

Academe/Research

Question 7

• administration of licensure examination

- integration of pharmacy profession

Answer 7

RA10918 (Philippine Pharmacy Act)

Question 8

can only be bought with a prescription

Answer 8

prescription drugs

Question 9

vitamins, paracetamol, medicine for coughs and colds

Answer 9

over-the-counter drugs

Question 10

• Establish standards and quality measures for food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics
• Regulating drug establishments

Answer 10

RA 9711

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Act of 2009

Question 11

Exclusive use of generic terminology in the
manufacture, marketing and sales of drugs and
medicines

Answer 11

RA 6675

Generic Act of 1988

Question 12

✔ Use of trademark, trade name, or any identification mark or imprint without authorization
✔ Refilled drug product by unauthorized persons if the
legitimate labels or marks are used
✔ Unregistered imported drug product (except for drugs bought in other countries for personal use)
✔ Contains no amount of or a different active ingredient or less than 80% of the active ingredient

Answer 12

RA 8203

Special Law on Counterfeit Drugs

Question 13

CPR

Answer 13

Certificate of Product Registration

Question 14

LTO

Answer 14

License to Operate

Question 15

❑ To safeguard the integrity of its territory and the well-being of its citizenry
❑ The government shall pursue an intensive and unrelenting campaign against
the trafficking and use of dangerous drugs and other similar substances
through an integrated system of planning, implementation and enforcement
of anti-drug abuse policies, programs, and projects.

Answer 15

RA 9165

Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002

Question 16

❑ President of the Philippines – impose maximum retail
prices over any or all drugs and medicines
❑ Department of Health – establish & initiate price
monitoring and regulation system

Answer 16

RA 9502
Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality
Medicines Act of 2008

Question 17

Senior citizens shall be entitled to the following:
❑ 20% discount and exemption from the VAT
❑ Exemption from the payment of individual income taxes
(minimum wage earners)
❑ Minimum of 5% discount to the monthly utilization of water
(30 cubic meter) and electricity (< 100kW) supplied by the
public utilities

Answer 17

RA 9994

Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010