The purpose of this study was the timekeeping of the pharmacist labor costs during the manufacture of medicines on the prescription of a doctor based on pharmacies of the first category of the Vitebsk and Grodno. To achieve this goal, a timed observation chart was developed and timekeeping of the working time of the pharmacist-technologist and the assistant pharmacist in the drug manufacturing process at the pharmacy was carried out. In the course of the study, the average length of manufacture of various dosage forms was established. It is determined that the process of making medicinal forms is 89 - 93% of the working time. In addition, the pharmacist-technologist and the pharmacist-assistant are engaged in auxiliary work, intra-drug quality control of drugs, control over their shelf life, and the completion of documentation.