3D drug printing is an additive manufacturing technique for producing customized medications. This innovative technology enables precise control over drug dosage, shape, size, and release profile, facilitating personalized treatments for patients. It allows the creation of complex drug geometries that traditional methods cannot achieve. Key applications include personalized medicine, rapid prototyping of drug formulations, and polypharmacy production. By improving therapeutic outcomes, minimizing side effects, and transforming pharmaceutical manufacturing, 3D drug printing shows immense potential. This webinar offers an introduction to the technology, explores its regulatory landscape, and discusses how AI can further advance its development and applications.

Co-Chairs:

- Fereshteh Shokri, Senior Industry Pharmacist specialist at 3D drug printing technology, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), The Netherlands

- Simon Gaisford, Professor of Pharmaceutics, University College London - Pharmaceutics, United Kingdom

Panellist:

- Anna Worsley, Director of Innovation at FABRX, CEO of the FABRX-AI, United Kingdom

This webinar is focused on helping APF members to plan their abstract preparations towards a significant uptake of submissions from across the AFRO region for abstracts across the different FIP sections and SIGs. This is in response to a request during an engagement between APF exco and presidents of MOs across the region.

Moderator/panellist:

- Arinola Joda, Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lagos, Nigeria

Speaker:

- Jonathan Jato, Lecturer, Department of Pharmacognosy & herbal Medicine, School of Pharmacy, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

Panellist:

- Mujahidhussein Valji, Chief Pharmacist, Organization/Institution Aga Khan Health Service, Tanzania

This webinar, marking World Cancer Day, highlights the importance of people-centred cancer care and the vital role pharmacists can play in this approach. It will explore how pharmacists can prioritise patients' needs and preferences in oncology care, collaborate within multidisciplinary cancer teams, and contribute to improving access to care, including through task sharing in low- and middle-income countries. Attendees will gain practical insights into how pharmacists can support people with cancer, ensuring a personalised and empathetic approach to care that places the patient at the centre of the treatment process. This event aims to empower pharmacists to make a meaningful impact in cancer care. 

In collaboration with ISOPP.

Moderator:

- Aline Hajj, Global Lead for Development Goal 10 - Equity & Equality, FIP; Professor, Faculté de pharmacie, Université Laval, Canada

Panellists:

- Netty Cracknell, Principal Pharmacist, Operations – GenesisCare UK, ISOPP President

- Nick Duncan, Consultant haematology pharmacist, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust; Chair of the ISOPP Research Committee, UK

- Otuto Amarauche Chukwu, Doctoral Researcher, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada

The International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) is delighted to invite you to support our 8th Scientific Meeting in Brașov, Romania, on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th April 2025.

The IPCRG promises a high quality and engaging scientific programme focused on new respiratory research and developments relevant to primary health care. It will give the opportunity for senior researchers, leaders, innovators and early career researchers to exchange knowledge and ideas. It also provides industry colleagues with the chance to present their own research and showcase the products relevant to our audience.

Important dates

• Abstract submissions for oral presentations, posters and workshops open: August 2024
• Early bird registration opens: October 2024

The MyDispense Symposium will take place from 13th to 16th July 2025 at the Monash Prato Centre, Italy, marking the 15th anniversary of the MyDispense programme. This event will introduce MyDispense version 8.0, incorporating features such as Medication Administration Records (MAR), Pharmacist Independent Prescribing, and diagnostic tools for pharmacists. The upgrade also includes enhancements to ePharmacy workflows and patient avatars to improve the realism of training exercises.