FIP 2009
Lin-Nam Wang and Pamela Mason report
Key foundations must be strengthened
Get involved with drug pricing policies
Scotland offers pharmacists responsibility for long-term conditions
Evidence-to-practice gap will widen
Enhanced care improves outcomes but usual care unlikely to do so
Take primary accountability for ensuring drugs work
Highest level of practice means collaboration
Six steps necessary in pharmacy to respond to multiculturalism
How industry is making a green effort
The Wenchuan quake and other lessons
Anthrax bioterrorism: prevention and treatment
Large chains will not give up pharmacy pot of gold
Pharmacists should not write off compounding just yet
Vision of going from sea to bedside
The 69th World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, organised by the International Pharmaceutical Federation and the Turkish Pharmacists’ Association, took place in Istanbul from 3 to 8 September, 2009
The 70th World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 28 August to 2 September, 2010.
Congress postersFrance: osteoporosisBy the end of 2009, 3,000 community pharmacists from 25 areas in France are expected to have undertaken a national training programme on the prevention of osteoporosis and the pharmaceutical care of osteoporotic patients. Denmark: oral contraceptive postal serviceA Danish pharmacy is providing an online service to improve compliance in women using the oral contraceptive pill. Once enrolled, a woman is posted a new supply every 12 weeks, removing incidents of running out, the pharmacy says. Serbia: skin screeningA pharmacy in Belgrade put skin testing apparatus to use for two weeks, allowing measurement of skin hydration, elasticity, sebum, pH, melanin and biological skin age. The information was used as a basis for recommending skin care products. Questionnaires indicated increased customer satisfaction and pharmacists reported more confidence in making recommendations. Iran: walnuts and diabetesWalnut (Juglans rejia) leaf and ridge extract may be useful as a hypoglycaemic, according to a study in diabetes induced mice. |
