The mission of the Department is to provide instructions and information in pharmacology for the education and preparation of undergraduate and postgraduate medical and other health care professional students, leading to the rational effective and safe use of drug therapy with emphasis on ethical aspects in drug prescription. The Department of Pharmacology endorses student centered lifelong learning. The Department also aims at providing high quality research activities directed at local problems related to drugs and poisons and looking for counterfeit medications.  The Department also tries to serve the community as a consulting body in drug issues and through other services such as therapeutic drug monitoring, and continuous medical education.