For pharmacists to play a proper role within the healthcare team, it is essential that they are involved in pharmacological treatment as scientists, meaning that they should be involved in evidence-based pharmacological treatment. In clinical practice, however, there are drugs that have been used year after year despite a lack of clear evidence for their use.

In clinical practice, however, there are drugs that have been used year after year despite a lack of clear evidence for their use. There are also many fields where evidence concerning the choice of drugs, dosage and administration, as well as measures against adverse drug reactions has not been established. Evidence for the formulation and preparation of pharmacological drugs, tasks pharmacists used to perform, is not always established, either.

We, at the department of Practical Pharmacy, are involved in the clinical research that verifies the use of pharmacological drugs. We are involved in several research themes that will lead to proper evidence-based use of pharmacological drugs by extracting actual problems encountered by pharmacists in the performance of their tasks. Also, by studying how to resolve problems in clinical practice, the department aims to nurture clinical pharmacists who can play a key role in future pharmacological treatment.

(Professor Yuko SEKINE, PhD)

Laboratory of Practical Pharmacy,
Graduate School and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University

1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 260-8675, Japan

Tel & FAX : ＋81 43-226-2911

Professor　Yuko SEKINE, PhD
Assistant professor　Kazuki NAGASHIMA, PhD
Assistant professor　Takao UTSUMI