Category list : International and intergovernmental organisations
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First CAR-T cancer therapies recommended for approval
The European Medicines Agency has recommended two marketing authorisations for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell medicines in the EU for the first time.
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RPS agrees partnership with Lebanese pharmacy association
Source: Courtesy of Mahendra Patel Left to right: Georges Sili, ...
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FIP reviews global systems for reporting medicines shortages
The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has carried out a review of how six different countries report medicines shortages in an attempt to spread best practice.
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Pharmacy organisations in the UK: a complicated web Subscription
Pharmacy is a diverse profession and this is reflected in the wide variety of organisations that can represent the interests of pharmacists, pharmacy owners, trainees and students.
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Update on the FIP pictogram project to improve health literacy Subscription
I would like to provide readers with an update of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) pictogram project.
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Q&A: World Bank warns that inaction on antimicrobial resistance could increase healthcare costs in developing countries Subscription
Tim Evans from the World Bank Group talks about new research that shows how inaction on antimicrobial resistance could wipe out decades of healthcare gains and dramatically increase healthcare costs in developing countries.
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Unicef secures deal to buy pentavalent vaccine at half its current price
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has secured a deal to purchase the pentavalent vaccine — a combination of five vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenza type b — at an average price of US$0.84, half what the agency pays now.
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What is the Falsified Medicines Directive? Subscription
Aileen Bryson, practice and policy lead at RPS Scotland, speaks to Julia Robinson about the purpose of the Falsified Medicines Directive and how it will affect pharmacists in the UK.
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World Health Organization to send 1 million doses of cholera vaccine to Haiti to avert new cases
The World Health Organization will send 1 million doses of oral cholera vaccine to Haiti because of concerns that the hurricane-devastated country will experience a spike in new cholera cases.
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Global declaration to fight antimicrobial resistance
A declaration to tackle drug-resistant infections is due to be signed by 193 countries at the United Nations General Assembly on 21 September 2016.
