Pharmacy transformation
September 3, 2013
“Change is sweeping pharmacy
and healthcare on a global scale”.
That was one of the key points
from the opening address of the
International Pharmaceutical
Congress in Dublin yesterday,
where FIP President, Dr Michel
Buchmann laid out his vision for the
development of the profession.
“The future is inevitably
interdisciplinary,” he said, with the
development of more effective
medicines only producing the
desired health outcomes for
patients if supported by competent
practitioners.
“Likewise, the knowledge from
working with patients in daily
pharmacy practice is critical in
informing and improving the
pharmaceutical sciences to meet
the needs of society,” he said.
It’s almost 40 years since FIP last
held its Congress in Ireland, and
since then the sector has seen
many changes.
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
president Eoghan Hanley stressed
the role that FIP and international
collaboration had played in the
transformation of pharmacy
in Ireland, which was the first
country worldwide to develop a
Competency Framework to cover
the development of pharmacy
education, based on the FIP Global
Competency Framework published
last year.
The 2013 FIP Congress theme
is “Towards a future vision for
complex patients: integrated care
in a dynamic continuum,” with
almost 3000 participants from 107
countries attending the event.
The opening ceremony also
saw FIP honour Professor Daan
Crommelin from the Netherland
with its highest Pharmaceutical
Sciences award, the Høst Madsen
Medal.
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