International Pharmaceutical Federation

International Pharmaceutical Federation
The International Pharmaceutical Federation or Fédération Internationale Pharmaceutique, abbreviated as FIP, is a non-governmental organization (NGO) with official relations with the World Health Organization. It is the global body representing over four million pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists and pharmaceutical educators through 153 national organisations, academic institutional members and individual members.
Vision and Mission
FIP's 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.
Its mission is to support global health by enabling the advancement of pharmaceutical practice, sciences and education.
History
The Federation was founded on 25 September 1912 in The Hague, the Netherlands. It was the outcome of the series of international pharmaceutical congresses held in the nineteenth century, more specifically the congress held in Brussels in 1885. Following an initiative of the Royal Dutch Pharmaceutical Society in 1909, the 10th international pharmaceutical congress in 1910 in Brussels resolved to establish an international pharmaceutical federation in The Hague. The first president was Prof. Dr, Léopold of Italy, a professor at Leiden University. The first secretary-general was Dr. J.J. Hofman, pharmacist in The Hague.
Structure
FIP’s activities can be divided into three main areas — science, practice and education — led by its Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Board of Pharmaceutical Practice, and FIP Education, respectively. These work collaboratively towards FIP’s vision and mission.
Sciences
Work to advance the pharmaceutical sciences globally is primarily done through six special interest groups (SIGs). There are SIGs for:
Drug delivery and manufacturing
New generation of pharmaceutical scientists
New medicines
Personalised and precision medicine
Pharmacy practice research
Regulatory sciences and quality
Practice
A priority for FIP is to advance pharmacy practice in all settings, and this is led through the projects and initiatives of eight pharmacy practice sections. There are sections for:
Academic pharmacy
Clinical biology
Community pharmacy
Health and medicines information
Hospital pharmacy
Industrial pharmacy
Military and emergency pharmacy
Social and administrative pharmacy
Education
The reform of pharmacy education (including pharmaceutical workforce development) is a third objective, and this is the purpose of FIP Education (FIPEd), which includes:
Academic Pharmacy Section members (faculty members and educators);
Academic institutional members (deans of schools of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences);
A Workforce Development Hub of experts focused on academic capacity, early career training strategy, quality assurance, advances and specialist development, competency development, leadership development, advancing integrated services, working with others, continuing professional development strategies, equity and equality, impact and outcomes, pharmacy intelligence and policy development;
A Pharmacy Technicians and Support Workforce Strategic Platform and its advisory committee; and
The FIP-UNESCO UNITWIN programme (regional university networks to advance pharmaceutical education), which is a global partnership between FIP and UNESCO.
FIP also directs effort towards supporting early career pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists through its Early Career Pharmaceutical Group.
See also
Evidence-based pharmacy in developing countries
History of pharmacy
List of pharmacy associations
List of pharmacy schools
Pharmacy
Pharmacist
References
FIP's vision, mission and strategic plan. The Hague: FIP. 2019
External links
FIP website
World Health Organization (WHO)
Pharmacy-related professional associations
Organizations established in 1912
Medical and health organisations based in the Netherlands
1912 establishments in the Netherlands
International medical and health organizations