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The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 267 No 7168 p482-487
6 October 2001

The World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (5)

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”.

We conclude our coverage of the Singapore congress of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) with reports from meetings on sourcing and quality of pharmaceutical ingredients, the quality and safety of herbal medicines, and pharmacist prescribing. We also carry a short report from the meeting of the FIP Young Pharmacists Group, the first meeting of which took place during the congress

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

International sourcing and global quality — a topic of growing concern The Industrial Pharmacy Section and the Laboratories and Medicines Control Section jointly reviewed an important topic of growing concern — the international sourcing and global assurance of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and excipients...[more]

Quality and safety of herbal medicines: changing attitudes towards control As part of the Laboratories and Medicines Control Section programme at the FIP Congress, on 6 September six papers reviewed discrete aspects of the quality and safety of herbal medicinal products...[more]

Christine Glover describes “major opportunities” for British pharmacy Pharmacy in Britain has major opportunities to further extend its professional role in relation to the support of self-care, medicines management and pharmacist prescribing...[more]

FIP Young Pharmacists Group launches new award for professional innovation Originally conceived in 1993, the FIP Young Pharmacists’ Group was officially adopted into the Internationl Pharmaceutical Federation by the FIP Bureau in February 2001. The FIP congress in Singapore presented an opportunity for an exciting programme of activities, including the launch of a new award for young pharmacists on 3 September. Danielle Zammit reports...[more]