International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)

Director for RPS Scotland wins FIP Congress oral presentation prize

Laura Wilson said she hopes her presentation helped to encourage pharmacists “from across the world to consider how hospital clinical pharmacy services can be transformed to enhance patient care”.…

Pharmacy under fire: managing medicines in war zones

In this episode of The PJ Pod, we explore the challenges pharmacists face while working in conflict areas, such as Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan.…

Dominique Jordan (1960–2023)

President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation, Dominique Jordan, was described as having “left his mark on Swiss pharmacy, and on the world of pharmacy, in a way that few people have done before him”.…

RPS rejoins International Pharmaceutical Federation

Members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society expressed strong support for rejoining the federation, after it left in December 2021 owing to concerns over the cost of membership.…

Royal college status to be pursued at ‘appropriate’ time, says RPS Assembly

The subject of royal college status was revisited in July's RPS Assembly meeting in response to a motion raised at the Society AGM in May 2022 that called for the RPS to "reaffirm this commitment" to seek Royal College status.…

RPS ends membership of international pharmacy body

Claire Anderson, president of the RPS, said Assembly members “felt that there was no perceptible value in membership of FIP”.…

Nadia Bukhari appointed as FIP global lead for gender equity and diversity

Nadia Bukhari, a former member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society English Pharmacy Board, has been appointed as a global lead for gender equity and diversity with the International Pharmaceutical Federation.…

Pharmacists have critical role in protecting antibiotics by encouraging self-care, GRIP symposium says

Community pharmacists are central to reducing the inappropriate use of antibiotics in upper respiratory tract infections, according to Martin Duerden, a GP and honorary senior research fellow at Bangor University, Wales.…

‘If you fight technology, you will lose’ — pharmacists debate ditching dispensing

In the impassioned debate at the 2018 International Pharmaceutical Federation Congress in Glasgow, Darrin Baines, professor in health economics at Bournemouth University, argued that in order to keep its place in the healthcare system, community pharmacy needs to be the “go-to place for health…

Much of 25% gender pay gap in health ‘remains unexplained’

Men are paid considerably more than women in healthcare, with much of the difference “unexplained”, shows a recent global review of gender equity.…