The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 267 No 7164 p325-329
8 September 2001

The World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (1)

FIP president says “human face” can get globalisation back on track In his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the congress, FIP president Peter Kielgast called for closer contact between the World Health Professions’ Alliance — an international partnership of pharmacy, medicine and nursing organisations — and the World Trade Organisation in order to bring a human face and positive content into the process of globalisation...[more]

Singapore to become a “world class hub” for biomedical sciences The congress was officially opened by Lim Hng Kiang, Singapore’s minister for health and second minister for finance...[more]

Lifetime achievement awards and Høst-Madsen medal presented During the opening ceremony, lifetime achievement awards were presented to Dr Robert Osterhaus, of Iowa, United States, and to Peter Rollason, of Zimbabwe...[more]

Pharmacists taking a lead in AIDS and HIV prevention and treatment Further to the joint declaration of the World Health Organization and the International Pharmaceutical Federation that was signed at the Vancouver Congress in 1997, a session was held in Singapore on September 3 on the role of the pharmacist in AIDS prevention and treatment...[more]

Complementary medicine — popular, but full potential remains untapped Introducing a symposium on Far Eastern medicine on September 3, Professor Peter Noyce, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, described Far Eastern medicine as a significant force for change that had to be taken into account in planning for and managing change in pharmacy practice in every country of the world...[more]

Cannabis’s changing legal position both for medicinal and recreational use Professor Tony Moffat, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s chief scientist, gave congress participants an overview of the position with regard to the use of cannabis as a medicine...[more]