Career Path · Philippines
The path: BS Pharmacy → PhLE board exam → PRC license
Education: Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy — 4 years + 960 hours internship
Salary range: ₱20,000–₱35,000 retail; ₱40,000–₱80,000 hospital, regulatory, industrial
Pharmaceutics, pharmacology, pharmacotherapy, regulatory affairs. Drug names start blurring together by third year — that's normal.
Hospital, community, and industrial pharmacy rotations. This is where the textbook knowledge finally sticks.
PRC runs it in June and December. Five subjects, all weighted heavily on application.
Retail (Mercury Drug, Watsons), hospital (St. Luke's, Makati Med), regulatory (FDA), or industry (Unilab, Pascual).
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