GROUP PROJECT

PRESENTATION
 INTRODUCING GROUP 2

Adinda aulia
Nur Fadhilah I Kartini
ramadani

Nurul fadillah Erfina amalia Andi fatimah azzahra

Nur ilmi Putri irma hasbi Dwi meylhani ayyub

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND
OVER-THE-COUNTER (OTC)
DRUGS
What is the difference between prescription drugs and OTC drugs?

A drug is a substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation,

treatment, or prevention of disease. Here are the main differences
between OTC drugs and prescription drugs.
 Prescription drugs are:

Prescribed by a doctor
Bought at a pharmacy
Prescribed for and intended to be used by one person
Regulated by FDA through the New Drug Application (NDA) process. This is the formal
step a drug sponsor takes to ask that the FDA consider approving a new drug for
marketing in the United States. An NDA includes all animal and human data and
analyses of the data, as well as information about how the drug behaves in the body
and how it is manufactured. For more information on the NDA process, please see
"The FDA's Drug Review Process: Ensuring Drugs Are Safe and Effective
 OTC DRUGS ARE
• Drugs that do NOT Bought off-the- •Regulated by FDA through OTC Drug
require a doctor's monographs. OTC drug monographs are a kind
shelf in stores
prescription of "recipe book" covering acceptable
ingredients, doses, formulations, and labeling.
Monographs will continually be updated adding
additional ingredients and labeling as needed.
Products conforming to a monograph may be
marketed without further FDA clearance, while
those that do not, must undergo separate review
and approval through the "New Drug Approval
System.
b.Answers the questions based on the text

1. What is the text about?

2. Who prescribes drugs?
3. "Pharmacist dispense drugs prescribed by doctor... " (line 1)
What is the synonym of the underlined word?
4. What does pharmacist career require?
5. What are three main jobs of a pharmacist?
6. "They must also ensure an adequate supply of medicine". (line 8)
What does the word "they' in this sentence refer to?
medicines.
7. "Retail or community pharmacists supply prescribed and over-the-counter
(line 9) What does the underlined word mean?
8. What do Industrial pharmacists do?
Answer
1. The text is about the job description of a pharmacist.

2. Doctors and other healthcare professionals prescribe the medications.

3. Synonym for "dispense" (provide/give).

4. To become a pharmacist, lifelong learning is needed to keep up with the

developments in drugs and new treatments.

5. The three main jobs of a pharmacist are hospital pharmacist, retail or community
pharmacist, and industrial pharmacist.

6. In the sentence, "They must also ensure an adequate supply of medicine". "they"
refers to hospital pharmacists.

7. The phrase "obat bebas" (over-the-counter drugs) means medications that can be
purchased without a prescription.

8. Industrial pharmacists work in pharmaceutical companies where they help

discover new safe and effective drugs, develop them into usable medications, and
market the final products to customers.
 CLOSING PRESENTATION

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