A basis for pharmaceutical sciences “quality assurance”: from viewpoint of regulatory science

Abstract

The author consider that pharmaceutical science starts from “how to assure quality of crude drugs” and that in Japan it starts from quality assurance of drugs in Meiji era, then gradually includes drug discovery science and after transformation into six-year education system in pharmaceutical school focuses medical pharmacy much more on the basis of historical background. This report presents today’s importance of quality assurance and its management science including regulatory science in pharmaceutical science and then, the author’s opinion about pharmacist education to teach them efficiently.