“Pharmacists: Your medicines experts… “Pharmacists: Your medicines experts”.is the theme of this year’s World Pharmacists Day by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (Federation Internationale Pharmaceutique - FIP) which is celebrated globally on the 25th September. Malta Chamber of Pharmacists this year successfully reactivated its membership with FIP after 18 years.   Mary Ann Sant Fournier, President represented the Chamber at the FIP Council  meeting and Congress held in Glasgow 2-6 September, where the Chamber was inducted as a full member. photo?   ...

   

 

   

Medicalising the grass and sanctioning weed for enjoyment is top agenda. The momentum seems to have reached the point of oblivion and what has been proven to interfere with higher order brain function Source: The grass is not greener on the same side of the law - The Malta Independent

A delegation from the Malta Chamber of Pharmacists Council was invited by the European Interdisciplinary Council of Ageing (EICA) to attend a conference in San Servolo, Venice 14-16 March re Pharmacy Based Interventions to Increase Vaccine Uptake. PRESS RELEASE Community pharmacists from around 20 countries worldwide gathered in Venice to discuss “Pharmacy-based interventions to increase vaccine uptake” with other stakeholders. The presentations included an evidence-based review of the most recent immunization research. In addition there was an opportunity for faculty to exchange best pr...

Today's National Broadcaster TVM reported yet again that there has been a measles epidemic outbreak in Sicily leaving three dead. Click here to read more. On the other hand here under, is an earlier article which was published in TOM last February. The number of measles cases in the EU has trebled in just one year, according to the European Centre for Disease Control. In 2017, 14,451 measles cases were reported, three times the number of cases reported in 2016 (4 643). The highest number of measles cases to date in the EU since January 1,... Source: Measles cases in the EU treble in 2...

The pharmacy degree is unique in its generalist nature. Our pharmacist graduates are versatile in that they can take up posts in various areas of practice. These are community, hospital, responsible pharmacists at wholesale dealers, in the pharmaceutical industry, including pharmaceutical marketing,… Source: Pharmacists, a rare species? – Mary Ann Sant Fournier