Healthcare: Pharmacy

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The newest and most effective anti-malaria drugs are now available to more people in Ghana, thanks to a subsidy.

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Medicinal cannabis is shrouded in controversy.

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The World Health Organization reports that counterfeit medicines could make up more than 50 percent of drugs sold on the global market, with a large amount of fake drugs being bought and sold in developing countries.

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From the herbal gardens of the Middle Ages and Paracelsus to the great researchers of the 19th and 20th centuries, the cultural history of medicine reflects the history of mankind.

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For many years the message has been clear that illicit drugs obtained on the street are often dangerous. What many teens may not realize, though, is that drugs purchased in a pharmacy or prescribed by a physician can also be dangerous.

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Rising insulin prices have forced some Americans to go to pharmacies in Canada to save thousands of dollars, while others have even gone to the extreme of rationing their insulin, which can be deadly. Learn more about this crisis in this program.

(AACP) The association includes institutional members - the 142 schools of pharmacy accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education - and individual members, including administrators, faculty and staff. We represent more than 6,400 faculty, 62,500 students enrolled in professional programs and 5,100 individuals pursuing graduate study.

(AAPS) Founded in 1986, the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) is a professional, scientific organization of approximately 7,000 individual members and over 10,000 actively participating stakeholders employed in academia, industry, government, and other pharmaceutical science related research institutes worldwide.

(ACCP) The American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) is a professional and scientific society that provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources enabling clinical pharmacists to achieve excellence in practice, research, and education.

(APhA) The American Pharmacists Association is the largest association of pharmacists in the United States and is the only organization advancing the entire pharmacy profession.

(FIP) Our vision is a world where everyone benefits from access to safe, effective, quality and affordable medicines and health technologies, as well as from pharmaceutical care services provided by pharmacists, in collaboration with other healthcare professionals.

(ISOP) The mission of the International Society of Pharmacometrics (ISoP) is the promotion and advancement of the discipline of pharmacometrics, through Integration, Innovation, and Impact: quantitative integration of multisource data and knowledge of clinical, biomedical, biological, engineering, statistical, and mathematical concepts, resulting in continuous methodological and technological innovation enhancing scientific understanding and knowledge, which in turn has an impact on discovery, research, development, approval, and utilization of new therapies.

(NCPA) Founded in 1898, the National Community Pharmacists Association is the voice for independent pharmacy, representing 21,000 pharmacies and employing more than 250,000 individuals nationwide. Independent pharmacy is a $75.8 billion marketplace.