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DATABASE TO ACT AS LEVERAGE FOR

GLOBAL PHARMACEUTICAL GOOD (The Pharmaceutical Journal, 01.09.2013, UK) _

An online workforce database that ultimately

aims to help people around the world get equal

access to medicines and pharmaceu tical care is

officially under way.

MAJORITY OF PHARMACY WEBSITES ARE

NON- COMPLIANT (Irish Times, 10.09.2013, Ireland) _

Research presented at the 2013 International

Pharmaceutical Federation World Congress

found the overwhelming majority of websites

selling medicines are operating illegally.

MEHR ETHIK FÜRS GESUNDHEITSWESEN (ChemieReport, 13.01.2014, Austria) _

A framework on the ethical collaboration between

patient organisations, institutions of healthcare

professionals and the pharmaceutical industry

has been agreed by five global health organisations.

BUENAS PRÁCTICAS EN FARMACIA COMUNITARIA (GacetaMédica.com, 08.11.2013, Spain) _

The joint FIP/WHO guidelines on good pharmacy

practice urge national professional organisations to

develop specific rules on good practice. To this end,

on October 8, the document Good Practices in

Community Pharmacy in Spain , will be presented.

LA PHARMACIE EN RUPTURE DE STOCK (Le Courrier 26.08.2013, Switzerland) _

The situation has deteriorated to the point that the

International Pharmaceutical Federation has decided

to take the bull by the horns. In June, it organised an

international summit on [medicines shortages] in

Toronto, bringing together all players in the

pharmaceutical sector.

IRELAND S HEALTH MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS PHARMACISTS

ROLE IN MANAGING COMPLEX PATIENTS (The Pharmaceutical Journal, 05.09.2013, UK) _

Pharmacists have a vital role to play in the multidisci plinary

approach required to manage patients with complex needs and in

providing care to patients throughout their lives, said James Reilly,

Ireland s health minister, at the opening ceremony of the

International Pharmaceutical Federation 2013 World Congress of

Pharmacy in Dublin.

DRUG DONATIONS IN HUMANITARIAN AID: A MIXED BLESSING (Drug Topics, 12.11.2013, USA) _

Immediately after earthquakes struck Haiti and Japan, vast amounts

of medications were donated and shipped. . . . During the recent

meeting of the International Pharmaceutical Federation Congress . . .

I attended a session . . . that enabled me to delve a little further into

the issues surrounding medication donations.

FIP IN THE MEDIA 2013/14