What you should know about Dabigatran

Title: What you should know about Dabigatran Date: 2011/06/24 What you should know about Dabigatran   What is atrial fibrillation? When a person has atrial fibrillation (AF), the heart beats so fast that it is unable to pump all of…

JPA Aid in Relief Efforts

Title: JPA Aid in Relief Efforts Date: 2011/03/24 Japanese Pharmacists Aid in Relief Efforts   After the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan last week, the Japanese Pharmaceutical Association (JPA) is stepping up and…

2011 WPPF/FIP Travel Scholarship Winners are Announced!

Title: 2011 WPPF/FIP Travel Scholarship Winners Date: 2011/04/08 2011 WPPF/FIP Travel Scholarship Winners are Announced!   The President, John Ware, and members of the Executive of the Western Pacific Region Pharmaceutical…

New Management Team at the Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore (PSS)

Title: New Management Team at the PSS Date: 2011/04/08 New Management Team at the Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore (PSS)    105th Council for the PSS, 2011/2012President: Ms. Christine Teng Bee ChoonVice-President: Mr. Lim Mun…

World No Tobacco Day 2011

World No Tobacco Day 2011   The World Health Organization (WHO) selects "The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control" as the theme of the next World No Tobacco Day, which will take place on Tuesday, 31 May 2011. Source:http://www.who.int/tobacco/wntd/2011/en/index.html

Symposium on Drug Delivery Systems – Inhalation and Transdermal

Title: Symposium on Drug Delivery Systems Date: 2011/04/08 Symposium on Drug Delivery Systems - Inhalation and Transdermal   Theme: Educating Future Pharmacists for Patient-centric Services and Research Date: 13-15 April 2011 Venue: Kent Ridge Guild House National University of Singapore, Singapore…

Workers Scramble to Contain Radioactive Water at Nuclear Plant

Title: Workers Scramble to Contain Radioactive Date: 2011/04/08 Workers Scramble to Contain Radioactive Water at Nuclear Plant   Workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant faced a difficult balancing act Tuesday as…

What is the Standard for Iodine-131 in Foods?

Title: What is the Standard for Iodine-131 in.. Date: 2011/04/08 What is the Standard for Iodine-131 in Foods?   FDA has set a Derived Intervention Level (DIL) for Iodine-131 of 170 Bq/kg in foods prepared for consumption. This level…

Radiation levels Rising in Ocean outside Power Plant

Title: Radiation levels Rising in Ocean outside Date: 2011/04/08 Radiation levels Rising in Ocean outside Power Plant   RADIATION levels are continuing to rise in the ocean outside a leaking nuclear plant in Japan’s northeast as…

Pharmacists can contribute significantly to different tasks essential for quality TB care.

Title: Pharmacists can contribute significantly Date: 2011/04/12 Pharmacists can contribute significantly to different tasks essential for quality TB care.  The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) is the global federation…