EAHP is glad to announce the expansion of the Synergy programme to provide continuing education and further advance the hospital pharmacy profession throughout the world.

In the second EAHP Synergy masterclass the themes of Procurement, tendering and decision-making processes will be explored. Particularly, nowadays the challenge of costly medication in hospital pharmacies is a topic that should be addressed. Thus, procurement and tendering are topics related to managing medication costs, which are essential for hospital pharmacists to understand in order to address the increasing medication costs.

Hence, the aim of this Synergy Masterclass is to demonstrate the procurement and tendering discipline to hospital pharmacists.

Learning objectives

• to recall important EU-legislation with regard to procurement;
• to recognise pros and cons by doing procurement and tenders at national, regional and hospital level, respectively;
• to list elements of value-based procurement.

FIP’s Hospital Pharmacy Section is organising a webinar on “Good storage and distribution practices for pharmaceutical products in hospitals”.

The correct storage and distribution and the continuous improvement of the processes involved in the supply chain from the acquisition to the administration or use of pharmaceutical products in hospitals, have a direct economic impact and improves quality assurance in patients care.

Learning objectives:

1. Understand variables that affect the stability of pharmaceutical products.

2. Understand storage and distribution processes.

3. Evaluate good storage and distribution practices that improves quality processes.

4. Highlight new technologies that benefit good practices for pharmaceutical products.

Presentation outline:

- Define variables that affect the stability of pharmaceutical products.

- Define storage and distribution processes for pharmaceutical products.

- Provide examples of good practices.

- Present new technologies that benefit good practices of storage and distribution.

MEPS is hosting a webinar on the topic of Good Distribution Practices which will cover all aspects of the storage/distribution chain. 

The Distribution chain has always had a great impact on the efficiency and integrity of the pharmaceutical manufacturing process, as well as safety in the ultimate use by the consumer. 

Good Distribution Practice refers to the regulatory guidelines governing the wholesale distribution of medicinal products to ensure their quality and integrity is maintained throughout the supply chain from the manufacturer to the end user. 

This webinar builds on a previous one on Good Distribution Practices. 

Learning Objectives: 

At the end of this webinar the participants will be able to: 

1. Understand the factors affecting Good Distribution Practices 


Panellist: Dr Michael Anisfield, President and Senior Consultant, Globepharm Consulting 

Chair: Mr Steve Shaddock (Vice President of MEPS) 

This webinar is open to everyone free of charge. 

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In a few days after the webinar, the recorded video of the webinar for individual FIP members will be available here: https://www.fip.org/webinars 

Not a member yet? Register here: http://www.fip.org/membership?page=membership_info 

We are looking forward to seeing you at the webinar. 

MEPS Team 

This Conference will highlight the research conducted over the period of the project in addition to exploring the unique African face of AMR and AMS in the One Health approach more broadly.

Building on its successful Regional Conference for the Eastern Mediterranean Region in April, the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) is continuing to implement the World Health Organization Declaration of Astana on primary health care, with the ultimate goal of achieving universal health coverage.

In October, we will be taking this agenda into the European Region.

FIP and the Turkish Pharmacists’ Association will gather key pharmacy stakeholders, leaders and partners from Europe and beyond in Ankara, Turkey ― where pharmacy began with Galen and Dioscorides centuries ago. Together we will embark on the journey towards healthier populations through stronger primary health care with advanced pharmaceutical services, leaving no one behind.  

In the land of our profession’s forefathers, together we will take the next leap forward by building on our strong foundations, guided by new scientific developments. We will share our experiences in order to optimise future pharmacy and position pharmacists as one of the most effective providers of primary health care.

The conference, “Delivering primary health care: Pharmacists taking the next leap forward”, will be held from 23 to 25 October 2019. Save the date to join us and be part of leading and co-creating the transformation of pharmacy.

The 25th EAHP Congress 2020 will focus on the latest advances in technologies that will shape the way how pharmaceutical care in hospitals will be delivered in the upcoming decades. Artificial intelligence, mHealth, 3D printing, personalised medicine, all of these will influence our work towards the optimal outcomes for our patients and have the potential to change our workflows profoundly. The Congress will also cover the ongoing challenges in our work, like tackling antimicrobial resistance, delivering seamless care, raising the quality of hospital pharmacy compounding, advances in clinical pharmacy or the role of hospital pharmacists in the multidisciplinary teams in hospital and on the interface with community or outpatient settings, just to name a few.

The scientific programme of the Congress is also tailored to the needs of individual hospital pharmacists and their interest groups as the Congress offers the possibility to choose between many parallel sessions, keynote presentations, workshops and symposia, and plenty of networking opportunities.

This is your opportunity to join experts from around the world in Gothenburg to share experience and ideas and to learn from each other and to discuss the role of new technology in pharmacy.

Come to the 2020 FIP congress in Seville, Spain, where pharmacy practitioners, pharmaceutical scientists and educators from around the world will discuss and help you prepare for these new technologies that will empower our profession.

Previous industrial revolutions liberated humans from reliance on animal power, made mass production possible and brought digital capabilities to billions. This latest industrial revolution is, however, fundamentally different. It is characterised by a range of technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, impacting on all disciplines, economies and industries, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human.

Digitalisation is already allowing the keeping of structured patient records, facilitating electronic prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines, automating the handling of medicines in the supply chain, and providing tools for monitoring the efficacy and safety of medicines in use. Further advances will enable pharmacists to interact with patients through the creation of a common platform for accessing data and information in new, more efficient way.