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ANNUAL REPORT 2013-2014

ADVANCING PHARMACY WORLDWIDE

AWARDS 2013

Høst Madsen Medal

(the highest pharmaceutical sciences award of FIP)

Prof. Daan Crommelin (Netherlands)

FIP Distinguished Practice Award

Prof. Martin Schulz (Germany)

FIP Lifetime Achievement in the

Pharmaceutical Science Award

Mr William Zellmer (USA)

8 Fellowships

Prof. Geoff Tucker (UK)

Mr Andy Gray (South Africa)

Prof. Kamal Midha (Canada)

Dr Tatsuro Irimura (Japan)

Mr Toby Clark (USA)

Dr Carmen Peña (Spain)

Prof. Ian Bates (UK)

Prof. Wayne Hindmarsh (Canada)

AWARDS & FORMALITIES

OFFICIAL MEETINGS AND DECISIONS

The FIP Executive Committee met four times

(March, June, August and December 2013)

The FIP Bureau met twice (March and August 2013)

The FIP Council meeting was held at the Dublin

congress on 1 September, and ratified the following:

Election of the professional secretary Ema Paulino

from Portugal.

Appointment of Luc Besançon as the new general

secretary and CEO.

Dissolution of the Laboratory and Medicines Control

Section and its incorporation into the Industrial

Pharmacy Section.

Process to revise the FIP statutes, and composition

of a Council commission to revise the statutes.

The FIP statement of policy on The effective

utilization of pharmacists in improving maternal,

newborn and child health (MNCH) .

Adoption of the definition of Responsible use

of medicines .

Adoption of the FIPEd 5-year Action Plan.

Three new member organisations (Academy of

Pharmaceutical Sciences of Great Britain, Pharma-

ceutical Society of Sierra Leone, Pharmaceutical

Society of Tanzania).

Membership of four new* observer organisations. Full list