The Department of Pharmacology plays an important role in the educational and research missions of The Erode College of Pharmacy. The Department is fulfilled by its experienced teaching faculty with a dedicated vision of research and outcome-based teaching. The department is well known for its research activities, infrastructure and well-maintained CPCSEA approved animal house.

The Department is at the forefront of research into the effects of drugs and other molecules on biological systems with a view to understanding the mechanisms of the human body. Pre-clinical research in the Department aims to examine cellular and molecular pathways in living systems as the first step towards a greater understanding of disease and effective treatment.

Animal House facility at Erode College of Pharmacy was established in year 2017 which was approved by Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA), Government of India, New Delhi in August 2018. All activities to laboratory research are performed as per the guidelines of CPCSEA. The facility is equipped with animal rooms for separate species, quarantine, experimental area, sick animal room, sterilization area with horizontal autoclave.

PG students are familiar in animal handling and evaluation of drugs by in-vivo and in-vitro models. Our students are actively involved in research activities and acquiring knowledge through participating in various skill development programme and workshops.

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