The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Friday afternoon, April 14, announced that 1,420 out of 2,275 examinees passed the April 2023 Pharmacists Licensure Examination.
Lyndale Lauron Gallardo from Cebu Doctors University was hailed as the exam's top notcher after garnering a 93.55 percent rating.
Courtesy of PRC
Following in the second and third spots were Sheryl Chisom Paz Madike from the University of the Philippines Manila and Laisa Marian Llado de Guzman from the University of Santo Tomas with 93.30 percent and 93.20 percent ratings, respectively.
PRC also declared Saint Louis University the top-performing school with a 97.14 percent overall passing rate.
Courtesy of PRC
It was followed by Adamson University with 91.18 percent.
The exam was given by the Board of Pharmacy in National Capital Region, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Lucena, Pagadian, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, and Zamboanga on April 10 to 11.
The date and venue are yet to be advised, PRC said.
"On May 29 - 31 and June 1, 2023, registration for the issuance of Professional Identification Card (ID) and Certificate of Registration will be done on-line. Please go to www.prc.gov.ph and follow instructions for initial registration. Those who will register are required to bring the following: downloaded duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng Propesyonal, notice of admission (for identification only), 2 pieces passport sized pictures (colored with white background and complete name tag), 2 sets of documentary stamps and 1 piece short brown envelope. Successful examinees should personally register and sign in the Roster of Registered Professionals," it added.