Pharmacy Guilds Sign Memorandum of Understanding

9 March 2012 The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), further strengthening the well-established relationship between the organisations. The Guilds are the national…

Continued Dispensing Passes Through Parliament

1 March,2012 All Australian health care consumers will benefit from the passage through Federal Parliament today of legislation that will allow continued dispensing of some medicines by pharmacists in defined circumstances. The National Health…

WHO Newsletter No.1,2012

The WHO Pharmaceuticals Newsletter provides you with the latest information on the safety of medicines and legal actions taken by regulatory authorities across the world. Drug safety problems not identified in clinical trials, known as signals…

FIP Newsletter 5 March,2012

The FIP Centennial - Schedule of Events   FIP HQ would like to remind Member Organisations that this year's Centennial Congress will be packed full of events, all set to steer the future of pharmacy and healthcare on a global…

More than 900 000 Lives Saved by Protecting People Living With HIV From TB

2 MARCH 2012 | GENEVA  Updated WHO guidance launched today scales up effective public health interventions to reduce TB deaths for people living with HIV Note for the media An estimated 910 000 lives were saved globally over six years by improving…

New WHO Book Showcases Ways to Safeguard Medications

8 MARCH 2012 | GENEVA  The evolving threat of antimicrobial resistance - Options for action Note for the media A new book, The evolving threat of antimicrobial resistance - Options for action, launched by WHO, showcases examples of actions…

Children of Drug Addicts Abused

Thu, Feb 16, 2012  Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Alicia Wang  yesterday called on the government to pay more attention to children in families whose parents are drug addicts, as they are more likely to become the victims of abuse.…

Ractopamine in Beef Poses Health Risk: Toxicologist

Sat, Feb 18, 2012  With the President Ma Ying-Jeou  administration announcing its reassessment of the viability of increasing US beef imports soon after last month’s presidential election,the first governmental inter-departmental meeting…

New Graduates of CPTC

16th,Feb, 2012 A new batch of CPTC graduates received their WSQ full qualifications recently. A ceremony was held on 02-Feb-2012 to mark this special occcasion in the presence of fellow colleagues, their parents, Pharmacy Managers, PSS Secretariat…

Still Divided Over 1Care Plan

21-Feb-2012 PETALING JAYA: Amid public uproar over the 1Care for 1Malaysia healthcare transformation plan, industry stakeholders remain divided over its status. Despite the Health Ministry’s reassurances that the programme is only at the planning…