Archana Patel

863-738-5300
3041 White Ash Trail ann.pharm.patel@gmail.com
Orlando, FL-32826
OBJECTIVE
• A full time position in industry to use my skills and education in pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry,
microbiology and clinical pharmacy.

WORK EXPERIENCE
Pharmacy Technician-
CVS Pharmacy, Massachusetts USA May 08- Sep 08
• Filling prescription, counting tablets and labeling bottles for prescription, handling money, stocking shelves
and answering telephone inquires

• Prepared any required insurance claims and update inventory records

• Calculate formula and pour, weigh, measure and mix the medication, as prescribed by the physician

• Particularly in advising customers on how to use prescribed medicines and helping them in any problem
regarding prescription and providing excellent customer service

Pharmacist - Mar 07-Mar 08

Cadila Pharmaceuticals, Gujarat, India
• Formulated dosage form tablets, capsules, parenterals, semisolids and liquid oral

• Performed qualitative, quantitative, physical and chemical characteristic test for raw material, packing
material, in process goods and finished products.

• Analyzed of chemical composition of drug

• Performed quality control and quality assurance testing for all different dosage form

Trainee Pharmacist-
Maan Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Gujarat, India Dec 06-Feb
07
• Monitored production process of oral and parenteral based products

• Prepared different type of cell culture in aseptic condition

• Conducted microbiology test for all raw material and prepared dosage form
• Isolation, identification, purification and estimation of active ingredients from crude drug
• Standardization of raw material
• Isolation and fusion of protoplasts

EDUCATION
Pre- courses for Pharm. D (GPA 3.42/4) Jan 09-
Present
Valencia Community College, Orlando FL

Bachelor of Pharmacy (GPA 3.52/4) Sep 02- Nov 06

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science, Bangalore, India

Relevant Courses: Medicinal chemistry, Pharmaceutical organic chemistry, Pharmaceutical inorganic chemistry,
Applied biochemistry, Pharmaceutical microbiology and biochemistry, Pharmacognosy and phyto-chemistry,
Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical engineering, Instrumental and biomedical analysis, Pharmaceutical technology
and bio-pharmaceutics, Human anatomy and physiology, Clinical pharmacy

SKILLS
Working Skills:

• Team worker, stay calm and focused while working with patients in difficult circumstances and important
customer service skills.

• Work in a team and exchanged knowledge and ideas with others effectively
Material Characterization Techniques: High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas
Chromatography (GC), High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography(HPTLC), X-Ray Photoelectron
spectroscopy, X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), UV-Vis Spectroscopy,
Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Infra-Red (IR) Spectroscopy, Iron-Exchange Chromatography, Differential
Scanning Colorimetry (DSC)
Regulatory Knowledge: Familiar with drug regulatory affair in general
Computer Skills:

• Very familiar with using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program,
write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

• ChemDraw, Origin, MS Office, Scifinder

PRESENTATIONS
• “U.V spectrometric determination of Ibuprofen” Archana Patel, Instrument And Biomedical Analysis,
Cadila Pharmaceuticals, India 2006 (Oral)

• “Bioassay of Heparin Sodium as per IP( 1996 edition)” Archana Patel, Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Nargund College Of Pharmacy, India 2006

• “ Partical size measurement by Stoke’s law” Archana Patel, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nargund College of
Pharmacy, India 2005

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
• Volunteer worker, Senior Home, Bangalore, India

• Event Chair, Gujarati Association, Nargund College of Pharmacy

AFFILIATIONS
• Registered Pharmacist of India