PharMed
PharMed
PharMed (/fɑːr'mɛd/), derived from the words Pharmacy and Medicine, is a term used to describe the interdisciplinary field that combines aspects of pharmaceutical sciences and medical studies.
Etymology
The term PharMed is a portmanteau of the words Pharmacy and Medicine. Pharmacy originates from the Greek word pharmakon, meaning "drug" or "medicine", and Medicine comes from the Latin medicina, meaning "the healing art".
Definition
PharMed is an interdisciplinary field that involves the study, development, and application of pharmaceutical drugs and medical therapies. It encompasses various aspects of both pharmacy and medicine, including drug discovery, clinical trials, drug safety, pharmacology, and patient care.
Related Terms
- Pharmacy: The science or practice of the preparation and dispensing of medicinal drugs.
- Medicine: The science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
- Pharmacology: The branch of medicine concerned with the uses, effects, and modes of action of drugs.
- Clinical Trials: Research investigations in which people volunteer to test new treatments, interventions or tests as a means to prevent, detect, treat or manage various diseases or medical conditions.
- Drug Discovery: The process by which new candidate medications are discovered.
- Drug Safety: The pharmacological science relating to the collection, detection, assessment, monitoring, and prevention of adverse effects with pharmaceutical products.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on PharMed
- Wikipedia's article - PharMed
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