E-drug: 62nd World Congress of FIP
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World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2002
62nd International Congress of FIP
31 August - 5 September 2002
Nice, France
The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) is pleased to announce
its forthcoming FIP Annual World Congress, which this year will be held
from 31 August to 5 September in Nice, France.
The theme of this year's congress embraces safety: Safe Systems - Safe
Treatment - Safe Patients.
With the increased focus on prevention and education, and the global
shifting of the role of the pharmacist towards patient care, the five
professional symposia will discuss the movement towards improving safety
and quality of practice.
The scientific symposia, communicated by top scientists in their fields,
will focus on the research and development of safe and effective
vaccines and on the recent developments in gene therapy with practical
implementations in drug targeting and implications in areas such as
cancer treatment.
Scientific symposia:
1. New Vaccines and Vaccination Approaches: Recent Developments and
Upcoming Challenges
2. Frontiers in Oligonucleotide and Gene Therapy: Delivery and Clinical
Implications
Professional symposia:
1. Competency and Self Regulation
2. Product Safety
3. The Patient in the Community
4. Pharmacists, Technicians and Machines
5. Ensuring Patient Safety in Drug Use
Joint symposia:
1. International Harmonisation of Quality Standards for Herbal Drugs
2. New Strategies in Vaccination Programmes
The Section Programmes are designed to cover different areas of interest
in pharmacy practice including pharmacy education and continuing
professional development, global health policies, biotechnology, gender
analysis, herbal therapy, pharmacy in humanitarian support and many
more.
The full congress programme with information about congress registration
is available at the FIP Congress Website www.fip.org/nice2002. For more
information, please contact:
FIP Congresses and Conferences
P.O. Box 84200
2508 AE The Hague
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 70 302 1982
Fax: +31 70 302 1998
E-mail: congress@fip.org <mailto:congress@fip.org>
Website: www.fip.org/nice2002 <http://www.fip.org/nice2002>
CONGRESS REGISTRATION
Parthen R&S
Tel: +31 20 572 7305
Fax: +31 20 572 7311
E-mail: fip.registration@parthen.nl
FIP is the worldwide organisation that unites national associations and
individual pharmacists in the fields of pharmacy practice and
pharmaceutical science.
Diane L. Gal, BScPharm
FIP Manager of Professional and Scientific Affairs
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