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The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 267 No 7166 p407-409
22 September 2001

The World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (3)

The World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the 61st Congress of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), opened in Singapore on 2 September. Over 2,200 participants from 84 countries attended the congress, the theme of which was “Combining practice and science to extend horizons”.

This week’s continuing coverage from the Congress of the International Pharmaceutical Federation, which was held in Singapore from September 2 to 6, contains reports from a symposium on pharmacoeconomics and the conference of leaders of the professional bodies in membership of FIP. There is also a short article on community pharmacy in Singapore

Reports 8 September / 15 September / 22 September / 29 September / 6 October

Pharmacoeconomics — bringing value for money in health spending A symposium on 5 September 2001 devoted to the impact of pharmacoeconomics commenced with a general introduction by Dr François Schubert, president and chief executive officer of Procrea Biosciences, Canada...[more]

Separating dispensing from medical practice in Taiwan An innovation in recent years has been the programming of a “leadership conference” during the congress week, for the presidents or chairmen and chief executive officers of the associations in membership of the International Pharmaceutical Federation...[more]

Community pharmacy in Singapore — providing real opportunities for pharmaceutical care? Singapore is a city, an island and a country, which in an area of just over 600 square kilometres manages to be the continent of Asia in microcosm — at least in terms of its diversity of population...[more]