Pharmacy

Pharmacy (from the Greek φάρμακον = drug) is the profession of compounding and dispensing medication. More recently, the term has come to include other services related to patient care including clinical practice, medication review, and drug information. Some of these new roles are now mandated by law in various legislatures. Pharmacists, therefore, are drug therapy experts and the primary health professionals who optimize medication management to produce positive health-outcomes.

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Professional Organisations

• International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
• American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
• Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA)
• Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand (PSNZ)
• Pharmacy Guild of Australia (PGA)
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB)
• Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA)

Regulatory

• National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
• Pharmacy Board of New South Wales
• Pharmacy Board of Victoria (Australia)

History and traditions

• Navigator History of Pharmacy Collection of internet ressources related to the history of pharmacy.
• RPSGB Museum Information Sheets Illustrated information sheets on objects in the history of pharmacy.
• History of Pharmacy Web Pages Perbo´s History of Pharmacy Web Pages.

Other

• Pharmacist.com Portal site for pharmacists and pharmacy students.
• The Virtual Library of Pharmacy Extensive index of pharmacy-related resources, including information on careers in pharmacy, pharmacy schools, pharmaceuticaul companies, associations and conferences.
• Pharmacy News Pharmacy news and news in the pharmaceutical industry
• Chemical Biology - The Virtual Library of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Resource devoted to drug discovery and chemical and pharmacological approaches to biology, biomedicine and biotechnology.
• Museu da Farmácia, Lisboa(Pharmacy Museum)
• auspharm.net.au the portal for pharmacists practising in Australia, providing useful links, a discussion list, and feature articles