RPS Wales joins other bodies in calling for government action on health inequalities The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales is among health organisations who have called on the Welsh government to reduce health inequalities.…
Call for Society Fellowship nominationsThe Royal Pharmaceutical Society Panel of Fellows will be holding their next meeting in May 2021. Nominations for Society Fellowship must be received by the Secretary of the Panel of Fellows by 21 April 2021 to be considered at this meeting. Nominations need to be made by a current member of the …
Long service of membersThe Pharmaceutical Journal is marking long service of members by publishing the names of members and Fellows of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society who reached 50, 60 or 70 years of continuous membership in 2020. Members wishing to have their contact details forwarded to any of these people sho…
Oral poliomyelitis vaccine, 1960s An example of an oral attenuated live-virus vaccine pack, developed by Albert Sabin.…
RPS backs changes to interval between COVID-19 vaccination doses The Royal Pharmaceutical Society says that the government’s updated vaccination strategy “will protect a greater number of people from COVID-19 disease”.…
RPS launches 180-year anniversary celebrations with a new online history resource The Royal Pharmaceutical Society will be celebrating its 180th anniversary with a museum showcase and an exploration of the importance of women in pharmacy, among other things.…
Free access to pharmacy journals under five-year deal with Oxford University Press The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has announced a groundbreaking partnership with Oxford University Press to give its members free access to a portfolio of research in pharmacy, pharmacology and the pharmaceutical sciences.…
Deaths: John Alexander WareOn 27 December 2020, John Alexander Ware FRPharmS, aged 90 years, of Seymour, Victoria, Australia. Mr Ware registered with the Society in 1950 and was conferred with Fellowship in 2008. …
Deaths: Derrick Henry DorkenOn 3 January 2021, Derrick Henry Dorken MRPharmS, aged 91 years, of Hertford, Hertfordshire. Mr Dorken registered with the Society in 1959. …
Tribute: John Alexander WareI was very sorry to hear of the death of my distinguished friend and colleague John Ware, Order of Australia (OAM). Although a Fellow of the Society, John was far better known in Australian and international pharmacy than he was in Britain. A community pharmacist, dually qualified in Australia…
