Community Pharmacy Section F2,
F17 |
Improving adherence in community pharmacy
The Community Pharmacy
section organised a pre-congress satellite symposium on 3 September
2005 to look at what affects adherence and what works in the community
pharmacy sector for improving it. James McElnay reports
Who cares about compliance, adherence or concordance? The pharmacist
cares F2
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F2
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Health care professionals need tools to find out if patients adhere to their medication regimens F2
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F2
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Promoting public health
What does promoting public health mean to health care professionals F17
Graeme Smith reports from a session on promoting
public health on 6 September 2005 organised by the Community Pharmacy Section
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F17
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FIP F3-F4,
F22, F25-F26 |
International co-ordination of medicines donations after
disasters
Over 2,000 participants
from 93 countries heard the president of the International Pharmaceutical
Federation call on member organisations to create specialist units
to co-ordinate international donations of medicines after disasters
such as the Asian tsunami. Graeme Smith reports
FIP organisations must co-ordinate medicines donations after disasters F3-F4
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F3-F4
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Top FIP awards go to British pharmacists F4
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F3-F4
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FIP Young Pharmacists Group
Information sharing to address counterfeit and substandard
drugs F22
A joint session of the Pharmacy Information
Section and Young Pharmacists' Group was organised on 5 September to
address the issue of combating counterfeit and substandard medicines.
Jane Nicholson reports
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F22
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Plugging the pharmacy brain drain F25-F26
FIP's Young Pharmacists Group held a symposium on
7 September on the moral and ethical issues surrounding the migration of health
care professionals. Speakers look at the issue from a range of perspectives and
suggested possible solutions. Lindsay McClure reports
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F25-F26
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Pharmacy practice programme F5-F14 |
Problems associated with production,
supply, distribution and control of the quality of medicines
Problems of access to medicine are not confined
to developing countries. Under the general title “The right medicine
to the right person — can we guarantee it anywhere in the world?”,
the five symposia of the congress’s pharmacy practice programme
examined the problems associated with the production, supply, distribution
and control of the quality of medicines. Pamela Mason and Graeme Smith
report
The world's poor are still poor when it comes to access to medicines F5
PJ 2005;275
(suppl) F5
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Telepharmacy increases access in the rural US F6
PJ 2005;275 (suppl)
F6
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Alleviating the shortage of human resources in developing countries F6
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F6
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Medicines prices rising more rapidly than those of other goods
worldwide F7
PJ 2005;275
(suppl) F7
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Are patents a barrier to availability of medicines? F8
PJ 2005;275 (suppl)
F8
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Problems associated with medicines selection, supply and distribution F9-F10
PJ 2005;275 (suppl)
F9-10
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Problems and dangers of counterfeit medicines — a major health concern F11-F12
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F11-F12
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Medicines prices are not just about research and development costs F13-F14
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F13-F14
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Academic Pharmacy section F15-F16 |
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Concepts of social and administrative pharmacy need to be defined
F15-F16
At a joint symposium of FIP's Academic
Pharmacy Section and the International Pharmaceutical Students Federation
on 5 and 6 September learnt how social pharmacy is taught to students,
and heard presentations on e-learning. Jennifer Archer reports
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) 15-F16
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Administrative Pharmacy
section F18-F20 |
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Usefulness of qualitative research F18
At a session organised by the Administrative Pharmacy Section on 6 September entitled “Evaluation studies as a basis for decision making”, Claire Anderson was one of the speakers. She reports the session here
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F18
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Doctor-pharmacist case conferences bring about promising outcomes F19-F20
The Administrative Pharmacy Section organised a symposium entitled “Changing the professional status — the way forward to integrated care” on 7 September. Graeme Smith reports
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F19-F20
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Pharmacy Information section F20-F22 |
| HIV/AIDS — models to help enhance adherence and positive outcomes F20-F21
A session of the Pharmacy Information
Section on 6 September examined the ways in which adherence to antiretroviral
therapy can be supported. Pamela Mason reports
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F20-F21
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Information sharing to address counterfeit and substandard drugs F22
A joint session of the Pharmacy Information
Section and Young Pharmacists' Group was organised on 5 September to
address the issue of combating counterfeit and substandard medicines.
Jane Nicholson reports
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F22
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Hospital Pharmacy section F23-F24 |
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Controlling costs of medicines — how are those used in hospitals paid for? F23
Roger Tredree reports from a Hospital
Pharmacy Section session on 7 September
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F23
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How service provision in hospitals is affected by the pharmacy workforce F24
Human resources in hospital pharmacy was
the subject of a Hospital Pharmacy Group session on 7 September. Roger
Tredree reports
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F24
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FIP / International Pharmaceutical Students Association F26 |
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Enhancing access in Tanzania F26
A session jointly organised by FIP and
the International Pharmaceutical Students Association on 6 September
looked at issues surrounding access to medicines and equity in health
care. Lindsay McClure reports
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F26
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Military and Emergency Pharmacy
Section F27 |
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Preparing for an influenza pandemic F27
Graeme Smith reports from a session organised
by the Military and Emergency Pharmacy section on 8 September
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F27
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Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences F28-F31,
F34-F35 |
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Biopharmaceutics and dosage aspects of the drug development process F28-F29
Geoffrey Phillips reports from a Board
of Pharmaceutical Sciences symposium on 5 September
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F28-F29
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Pharmaceutical biotechnology and its impact in the post-genomic era F30-F31
Some of the most current issues relating
to the use of biotechnology products in medicine were discussed at
a symposium on 6 September jointly organised by the FIP Board of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and
the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology of Japan. Gavin
Brooks, who chaired the session, reports
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F30-F31
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What good chemistry, manufacturing and control practice will be in future F34-F35
In a symposium organised by the Board of
Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Industrial Pharmacy Section, issues
surrounding good chemistry, manufacturing and industrial practice were
discussed. Jane Nicholson reports
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F34-F35
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Special Interest Group F32-F33 |
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Natural product research in Egypt and the role of phytopharmaceuticals F32-F33
Natural product research was the subject
of the inaugural meeting of FIP's special interest group (superseding
the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Section) on natural substances
on 7 September. Geoffrey Phillips reports
PJ 2005;275 (suppl) F32-F33
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