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Pharmacists Board Exam 2012



The  Pharmacists Board Exam, also known as the Pharmacists Licensure Examination, is a board exam facilitated by the Board of  under the Professional Regulatory Commission to assess the competency of  BS Pharmacy graduates.

As per R.A. 1080, individuals who passed the board exam need not take the civil service exams to be eligible for the following positions:

  • Pharmacist
  • Food and Drug Regulation Officer
  • Quality Control Analyst

Review Courses for Pharmacists Board Exam

There are review courses that you can take to prepare for the board exam. The content of these review courses may vary depending on the review centers, but they’re mostly based on the examination scope released by the Professional Regulatory Comission which includes:

  • Pharmaceutical Chemistry (20%)
    • Inorganic Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
    • Organic Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
    • Qualitative Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • Pharmacognosy (15%)
    • Plant Chemistry
    • Biochemistry
  • Practice of Chemistry (17.5%)
    • Compounding-Dispensing
    • Clinical/Hospital Pharmacy
    • Pharmaceutical Calculations
  • Pharmacology – Pharmacokinetics (15%)
    • Toxicology
    • Incompatibilities adn Adverse Drug Reactions
  • Pharmaceutics (17.5%)
    • Manufacturing Pharmacy
    • Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms
    • Physical Pharmacy
    • Jurisprudence and Ethics
  • Quality Assurance / Quality Control (15%)
    • Drug Testing with Instrumentation
    • Microbiology and Public Health

TAKING THE EXAM

Licensure exams for BS Pharmacy graduates are usually held twice a year. Below are the dates and testing centers for the 2012 Pharmacists Board Exam:

DATE  DAY/s  PLACE DEADLINE OF FILING
January 15-16, 2012 Sun, Mon / Manila, Baguio & Cebu Dec. 26, 2011
June 4-5, 2012 Wed, Thu Manila, Baguio, Cebu & Davao June 14, 2012

NATIONAL PASSING RATE

The table below shows the number of board passers in the Licensure Exam for Pharmacists in the last 2 years:

EXAM EXAM TAKERS BOARD PASSERS PASSING RATE
June 2011 1,472 790 53.66%
January 2011
999 500
50.00%
June 2011  1,261 869 68.91%
January 2010 1091  481  44.08%

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