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Defence Medical Services (DMS) Pharmacy Conference 2011

October 2011

The fourth annual Defence Medical Services Pharmacy Conference was held at Army Medical Service Training Centre, Strensall, near York on 13 & 14 October 2011

Complimentary alternative medicines: the evidence base?

October 2011

A report of the debate on complementary alternative medicine held at the recent British Science Festival; the debate was organised by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, the University of Bradford and West Yorkshire Local Practice Forum

Analytical methods to combat the counterfeiting of medicines

June 2011

A one-day Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group symposium held at GSK R&D, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage

GPhC - A Regulator for the Future?

May 2011

Claire Callue and Professor Joy Wingfield report back on the Pharmacy Law and Ethics Association (PLEA) annual seminar held on 18 May 2011, at which the role of the GPhC as regulator of the pharmacy profession was discussed.

Pharmacist Support round table

May 2011

Views aired at an industry round table debate held in Manchester on 7 April 2011.  

Navigate revolutionary change

May 2011

Avicenna conference spells out the future opportunities and threats of GP-led commissioning, reports Ailsa Colquhoun

The European Association of Dermatology and Venereology Spring Symposium

May 2011

Christine Clark reports on the highlights from the European Association of Dermatology and Venereology Spring Symposium, 14-17th April 2011, Carlsbad, Czech Republic

Commemoration of Professor Stephen Hudson

April 2011

This year’s Annual Pharmacy Symposium, organised by the Department of Pharmacy of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Malta, was dedicated to the memory of Professor Stephen Hudson from the University of Strathclyde, who passed away suddenly last November. Professor Lilian M. Azzopardi reports.

Biomarkers 2011: a workshop on analytical challenges in the qualification and validation of pharmacodynamic biomarkers

March 2011

A one-day workshop, held during March 2011 in association with the RSC Analytical Biosciences Group discussed the current concepts in the qualification and validation of biomarker assays for the measurement of pharmacodynamic responses to drugs and vaccines. Joe Chamberlain reports

Counterfeit medicines - the regulatory and industry challenges

March 2011

A one-day symposium held by the Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society on Thursday 24 March 2011. Joe Chamberlain reports

Measurement challenges in the analysis of topical products

February 2011

A one-day symposium held by the Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society on Thursday 3 February 2011. Joe Chamberlain reports

The David Webber memorial lecture

December 2010

The second David Webber memorial lecture entitled “Skin: dead or alive” was given by Professor Jonathan Hadgraft at the School of Pharmacy, University of London on 11 November 2010. Kevin Taylor reports

Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group symposium 2010

December 2010

The Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group and Pharmaceutical Analytical Sciences Group held this joint one-day symposium, on novel techniques and applications for investigating chemical and physical characteristics of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs)

The Primary and Community Care Pharmacy Network conference 2010

October 2010

The 2010 annual PCCPN conference focused on the major national changes impacting on pharmacists within the NHS in terms of restructuring, financial challenges and the changes to their professional and regulatory body

Cystic Fibrosis Pharmacist Group meeting 2010

October 2010

The annual study day of the Cystic Fibrosis Pharmacist Group (CFPG) was held in Newcastle during October 2010. Three key speakers gave presentations that were of interest to pharmacists who provide care to patients with cystic fibrosis at all levels

Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group symposium 2010

September 2010

A symposium organised by the Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group at the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences UK PharmSci 2010 Conference, Wednesday 1 September 2010.

The symposium aimed to examine the ways that pharmaceutical products that have the active pharmaceutical ingredient inside inclusions such as micelles, liposomes, niosomes and similar materials may be analysed for the purposes of pharmaceutical development, stability studies and batch release. Joseph Chamberlain reports

Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group meeting 2010

That stability of the ingredients and the product must be given consideration in order to supply safe and effective medicines is just one of many issues discussed at a Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group meeting in London (June 2010)

HIV Pharmacy Association 2009

The HIV Pharmacy Association (HIVPA) 2009 annual conference was held at Jury’s Hotel, Brighton, on 5 and 6 June 2009

Pharmacy the Taiwan way

The pharmacists’ associations of Kaohsiung, Taipei County, Taichung City, Hsinchu, Tainan and Taipei City along with the Pharmacist Associations of ROC, the Department if Health, GlaxoSmithKline and the School of Pharmacy at the National Taiwan University organised and sponsored a one day international conference on community pharmacy services on the 20 September 2009. The aim was to be learn about, and learn how to participate in, patient-centred pharmaceutical care and to learn about public health initiatives