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... It is common practice for the pharmacist to assign the job of the actual filling of the prescriptions to a pharmacy technician. ... It is necessary to complete a six-year program to obtain a Doctor of Pharmacy degree along with an exam given by the State Board of Pharmacy. The Doctor of Pharmacy degree, also known as the Pharm D, requires a four-year program after studying two years in a regular, acclaimed university. ... Some requirements for a Pharm D program may include classes in humanities, social sciences, biology, chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, pharmaceutical calculations, physical pharmacy, microbiology, pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, physics, as well as laboratory classes.
Colleges of pharmacy tend to advise courses to be taken which are designed to train students in distributing prescriptions. ... On the east coast, according to Drug Topics Magazine, the average annual base salary for a full-time pharmacist at an independent pharmacy is $75,985, for a pharmacist at a chain, $83,100; and for a hospital pharmacy, $79,225. ... There are seven thousand to ten thousand unfilled pharmacy positions in the United States at any given time right now. ... The pharmacy he owns is rather large with many employees who are all there to help with the customer’s health needs. The pharmacy is an independent retail store carrying household, party, and gift necessities.
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