The Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT 2012) would be conducted under the aegis of National Monitoring Committee, All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi by The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, as per AICTE guidelines.

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1.C    2.A    3.B    4.D    5.B

6.C    7.C    8.D    9.B    10.B

The setting up of a separate Department of Biotechnology (DBT), under the Ministry of Science and Technology in 1986 gave a new impetus to the development of the field of modern biology and biotechnology in India. In more than a decade of its existence, the department has promoted and accelerated the pace of development of biotechnology in the country. Through several R&D projects, demonstrations and creation of infrastructural facilities a clear visible impact of this field has been seen.

Umrao Hospitals is a 330 bedded Multi-speciality tertiary care institute which is slated to be North Mumbai’s largest health care project. It has been envisioned as a healthcare destination where patients receive care in a truly restorative environment. It will deliver hi-end clinical care across major medical specialties through comprehensive solutions including consultancy, diagnostics and therapy.

Part of the USD 265 million Aarti Group of Industries, Aarti Drugs Ltd (ADL) was established way back in in 1984.
Since its inception, the Company has established a strong presence in the Anti-diarrhea, Anti-inflammatory therapeutic groups. With its manufacturing facilities at Tarapur and Sarigam, the Company manufactures Vitamins, Anti-arthritis, Anti-fungal, Antibiotics, ACE inhibitors, besides its range in , anti-diabetic, anti-cholinergic, sedatives and anti-depressant drugs.

MITRA INDUSTRIES (P) LTD. is a reputed and established name in the field of Blood Collection Bags and CAPD bags for home dialysis, Products are of high quality and supplied across Asia Europe and parts of African sub-continent.

Umrao Hospitals is a 330 bedded Multi-speciality tertiary care institute which is slated to be North Mumbai’s largest health care project. It has been envisioned as a healthcare destination where patients receive care in a truly restorative environment. It will deliver hi-end clinical care across major medical specialties through comprehensive solutions including consultancy, diagnostics and therapy.

About Authors:
Ali K. Akhtar, Waquar A. Khan,Lubna azmi
Faculty of Pharmacy,
Integral University Lucknow,
India

Abstact:
The broad and potent activity of benzofuran has established it as one of the biological importent scaffold. This article is covered the methods of synthesis of benzofuran and its derivatives, structural activity relationship and pharmacological activities so it is an effort to highlight the importance of the benzofuran in the present context and promise they hold for the future.

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ANSWERS of Previous PharmaQUIZ-20:

1.A    2.D    3.C    4.B    5.D

6.A    7.A    8.B    9.C    10.B

Oman Medical College (OMC) is a private co-educational college dedicated to the training of Medical Doctors and Pharmacists. The College offers a 6-year program of study leading to the M.D. (Doctor of Medicine) degree, a four year program of study leading to the B. Pharm (Bachelor of Pharmacy) degree and a two and a half year Evening Pharmacy Program. The first 2 years of the Medical Program are conducted in the Bowshar Campus and the remaining 4 years at the Sohar Campus.

The Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) is the new state-of-the-art R&D satellite of the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), which also includes under its umbrella the Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), the largest cancer hospital in Asia. ACTREC has the mandate to function as a national centre for treatment, research and education in cancer. TMC is an autonomous grant-in-aid institution of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India.

About Authors:
Vinay Mishra, Shilpi Bhargava
Advance Institute of Biotech and Paramedical Sciences,
Kanpur

Introduction:
Delivering medicine to the general circulation through the skin is seen as a desirable alternative to taking it by mouth. Patientsoften forget to take their medicine, and even the most faithfullycompliant get tired of swallowing pills, especially if theymust take several each day. Additionally, bypassing the gastrointestinal(GI) tract would obviate the GI irritation that frequently occursand avoid partial first-pass inactivation by the liver. Further,steady absorption of drug over hours or days is usually preferableto the blood level spikes and troughs produced by oral dosageforms.¹

About Authors:
PIYUSH PARASAR
SPS I.T.E.R BHUBANESWAR,
INDIA

INTRODUCTION- 
CANCER A DARKER SIDE OFLIFE LITERALLY MEANS A HOPE TO LIVE FURTHER GET DIMINISHED IN THE CASE OF CANCER. MAN HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO THE CHANGING SURROUNDING EVER SINCE HE CAME INTO EXISTENCE.IN THE PROCESS HE IS VULNERABLE TO THE NUMBER OF FATAL DISEASE AMONG WHICH CANCER IS A DREADED MALADY NEXT TO CARDIOVASCULAR  DISEASE. IT IS KNOWN TO ALL OF US THAT DEATH IS INEVITABLE BECAUSE IT IS A VICIOUS CYCLE OF THE NATURE. BUT THIS TYPE OF ESOTERIC DISEASE MAKES OUR LIVES FROM SIMPLE TO COMPLEX. SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE IN THE CONCEPT OF AS YOU SOW SOW YOU SHALL REAP ESPECIALLY IN INDIA. THESE ARE ALL SPECULATIONS OF OUR WAY OF THINKING AND THOUGHTS. IN MAJORITY OF CASES WE HAVE SEEN THAT DUE TO OUR MODERN LIFESTYLE WE GET SUFFERED FROM THESE TYPE OF DISEASE.

ANSWERS of Previous PharmaQUIZ-19:

1.C    2.B    3.D    4.B    5.B

6.A    7.B    8.C    9.B    10.A

About Author:
E.Ashwini
Microbiologist  In  Institute Of Health Systems, Hyderabad
M.Sc Microbiology From Osmania University.

ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of some cultural conditions on the xylanase enzyme production by two Isolated Species from the industrial soiland to investigate its potential to produce xylanase utilizing tomato pomace as a substrate. Xylanase activity was detected using the Dinitrosalicylic acid assay method.
The Alkalophilic bacteria isolated from the industrial soil, secreats extra cellular xylanases when grown in liquid media supplemented with eithter rice bran, grass, corn cob, or sugar baggage as a carbon sources (which were treated with 2N NaoH for removing the cellulose from these substrates). The two bacteria belonging to the species Sporo lactobacilli and Acrobacter respectively shows the high enzyme activity at high temperatures 50 degree C and 60 degree C and high enzyme activity was found at pH 8 and pH 9 for two organisms. The extra cellular enzyme has an apparent molecular weight of 66 KD & 67KD for both the organism respectively, as determined by SDS-PAGE. The purified enzyme has two peptides and was conformed by Zymogram analysis. The species sporo lactobacilli show high enzyme activity of 4.7 U/ml and the species Acrobacter shows the enzyme activity of 7.46 U/ml.

About Authors:
Dr. Amit Gangwal,
Smriti College of Pharmaceutical Education,
Indore

Introduction
Lipitor® is the best-selling drug ever, accounting for $106 billion sales over the last decade. Two generic drug manufacturers are ready to compete starting December 1, 2011. Watson Pharmaceuticals is making a generic version authorized by Pfizer under a profit-sharing agreement. Pending federal approval, Ranbaxy Laboratories also plans to sell a generic version. It is noteworthy that when a drug’s patent protection expires, the federal law permits only limited generic competition in the first six months¹.