Effective 02 Sep, the board of the International Pharmaceutical Federation's board (known as the Bureau) has elected three new officers on the weekend.
Professor Tatsuro Irimura (pictured right) project professor at Jutendo University School of Medicine, Japan, will take the position of the chair of the FIP Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Two of nine FIP vice-president positions are to be filled by Dr Linda Hakes from Germany and Dr Tom Menighan of the USA.
Dr Hakes (pictured above) is a pharmacist originally from the UK and currently chair of the country's Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Dr Menighan (pictured above right) has been ceo of the American Pharmacists Association since 2009 and has been a pharmacy owner for 38 years.
The FIP Bureau consists of 15 elected officers and the voting also saw Professor Ross McKinnon (pictured below)foundation director and professor in cancer research at Flinders University, Australia, and Ms Eeva Tersalmi, a community pharmacy owner and member of the faculty at Helsinki University, Finland, each elected for a further term as VPs.
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