The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7249 p674
17 May 2003

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American association to change its name

Pharmacists in America have voted to change the name of their largest professional association.

The American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA) formally changed its name to the American Pharmacists Association last month. Members of the association voted overwhelmingly to approve the necessary bye-law amendment, which needed confirmation by at least 75 per cent of those voting.

APhA president Janet Eagle said that the change will allow the association to become a more effective representative of America’s pharmacists. “We will no longer have to explain that our members are pharmacists.”

Founded in 1852, APhA is the first-established and largest professional association of pharmacists in the United States with around 50,000 members. US pharmacists are registered at state level.