Information

Congress Secretariat:

FIP Congresses & Conferences, Andries Bickerweg 5, 2517 JP The Hague, The Netherlands

Tel.: (31) 70-363 19 25 Fax.: (31) 70-365 90 47

Email: m.swakhoven@fip.nl

For local arrangements

Canadian Host Committee:

FIP ’97

The Canadian Pharmaceutical Association, 1785 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 3Y6 Canada

Tel: +1-613-523-7877 Fax: +1-613-523-0445

Email: exec@cdnpharm.ca

 

YOUR HOSTS

International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)

Dieter Steinbach President

Alan Davidson General Secretary

Peter Kielgast Chairman Board of Pharmaceutical Practice

Gilles Aulagner Professional Secretary

Les Benet Chairman Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Hans Junginger Scientific Secretary

Gretie Rolf v.d. Baumen Congress Manager

Canadian Host Committee

Fran¨ois Schubert Chairman

Leroy Fevang Administration

Kamal Midha Pharmaceutical Sciences Programme

Jeff Poston Professional Practice Programme

Mary McClelland Local Host Committee

Tom Herbert Exhibition Programme

No‘lle-Dominique Willems National Media Relations

Leslie Dan Fund-raising

Derek Williams Fund-raising

SECTION CO-ORDINATORS

Robin Ensom Hospital Pharmacy Section

TBA Military and Emergency Pharmacy Section

Brenda Osmond Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Section

Kevin Moody Section for Pharmacy Information

Larry Pereira Industrial Pharmacy Section

Brenda Osmond Community Pharmacy Section

David Fielding & David Hill Academic Pharmacy Section

TBA Clinical Biology Section

Wayne Jeffrey Section for Official Laboratories and Medicines Control Services (OLMCS)

Kevin Moody Administrative Pharmacy Section

Loraine Twaites Women in Pharmacy lunch

Sponsors

Patrons:

Amgen Inc.; Apotex Inc.; Bayer Inc.; Eli Lilly Canada Inc.; Glaxo Wellcome Inc.; Hoechst Marion Roussel, Canada; Hoffmann- La Roche Ltd.; Novopharm Ltd.; Sandoz Canada Inc.; Whitehall Robins Inc.

Silver Category:

Astra Pharma Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada Inc.; Merck Frosst Canada Inc.

Supporters:

Ciba Geigy Canada Ltd.; Purdue Frederick Inc.

 

Congress Programme

World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences ‘97

57th International Congress of FIP

In conjunction with the 85th Canadian Pharmaceutical Associations Annual Conference

Main Theme: "Taking Responsibility for the Future"

31 August until 5 September 1997

Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 3C1

 

 

Congress Overview

57th International Congress of FIP

In conjunction with the 85th Canadian Pharmaceutical Associations Annual Conference

Sunday, 31 August

08.30-17.00 Registration

09.00-17.00 Council meeting

Monday, 1 September

08.00-17.00 Registration

10.00-12.00 Opening Ceremony

14.00-17.00 Pharmacy in Canada

Tuesday, 2 September

09.00-12.00 S1 Advances in Drug Delivery

09.00-12.00 S2 Advances in Bioanalytical Procedures: New Instruments and New Techniques

09.00-12.00 S3 Receptor Research Towards Drug Design and Treatment

09.00-12.00P1 Developing Optimal Working Relationships with Physicians

12.15-13.00 Update lecture: 1 Impact of cytochrome metabolism in drug safety and efficacy

14.00-17.00 S4 New Drug Development: New Strategies

14.00-17.00 S5 Advances in Scientific Regulations of Medicine

14.00-17.00 P2 Improving the Care of the Diabetic Patient

14.00-17.00 P3 Responding to Changes in Health Care Systems

Wednesday, 3 September

09.00-12.00 S6 Diabetes Therapy - Current Status

09.00-12.00 S7 Gender Issues

09.00-12.00 P4 Measuring Outcomes of Pharmacy Practice

12.15-13.00 Update lecture: 2 Taxol and other advances in cancer treatment

14.00-17.00 S8 Pharmacoeconomics

14.00-17.00 P5 Protocols and Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Care: New Challenges for Pharmacists

Thursday, 4 September

09.00-12.00 P6 Self-Medication - The Trend of the Future

12.15-13.00 Update lecture: 3 Genes for inherited defects in children and treatment

 

Section Meetings

Hospital Pharmacy Section

Monday, 1 September

21.00 Informal Reception for Section Members

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Poster session

Wednesday, 3 September

14.00-17.00 Hospital pharmacy visits

Thursday, 4 September

09.00-12.00 Packaging and Labelling of Prescribed Medicines

13.15 Business meeting

14.00-16.30 The Added Value of Hospital Pharmacists

14.00-17.00 Pharmacists’ Involvement in Clinical Trials

evening Section dinner

Friday, 5 September

09.00-12.30 Standards of Practice

14.00-17.00 Oral communications

Military and Emergency Pharmacy Section

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Poster session

Thursday, 4 September

09.00-12.00 Information on the Medical Corps of the Canadian Defence Force and on the national organisation for military and civilian emergency medical service

14.00-17.00 Study tour to military units and/or to civilian emergency service establishments

evening Section dinner

Friday, 5 September

09.00-12.00 The Military Pharmacopoeia

14.00-17.00 Miscellaneous matters and short communications

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Section

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Poster session

Thursday, 4 September

14.00-17.00 Medicinal Plants in North America

Business meeting

Friday, 5 September

09.00-12.00 Teaching on Herbal Medicines

13.00-17.00 Excursion and lunch

Pharmacy Information Section

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Poster session

Wednesday, 3 September

09.00-17.00 Computer/database demonstration programme (Exhibition area)

Thursday, 4 September

09.00-17.00 Computer/database demonstration programme (Exhibition area)

14.00-17.00 New Technology and Long-distance Learning

14.00-17.00 Information Needs for Teambuilding in an Interdisciplinary Health Care Team

evening Section dinner

Friday, 5 September

09.00-12.00 Providing Drug Information to Special Population Groups

12.15-14.30 Luncheon for members and invited guests

14.00-17.00 Current Issues in Drug Information

Community Pharmacy Section

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Poster session

Wednesday, 3 September

09.00-12.00 Short oral communications

Thursday, 4 September

14.00-17.00 Continuing Development Programme (CPD) Pharmaceutical Care in Disease Management

Improving patient outcomes by pharmacist intervention

evening Section dinner

Friday, 5 September

09.00-12.00 How to change drug use behaviour and life style. Patient education by the pharmacist

Workshop: The communication with patients in various situations

14.00-15.00 Distance learning: Information on using the network

Industrial Pharmacy Section

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Poster session

Thursday, 4 September

09.00-12.00 Specifications for Biotech Products: Impurities and Other Issues

09.00-12.00 Packaging and Labelling of Prescribed Medicines

14.00-17.00 Pharmacists’ Involvement in Clinical Trials

evening Section dinner

Academic Pharmacy Section

Monday, 1 September

18.00 Informal reception for all Section members

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Poster session

Thursday, 4 September

12.30-13.30 Poster discussion

14.00-17.00 New Technology and Long-distance Learning

evening Section dinner

Friday, 4 September

09.00-12.00 Teaching on Herbal Medicine

14.00-17.00 Academic Management and Leadership Workshop:

Creating what we want, using principles of visioning

and creating

Clinical Biology Section

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Poster session

Thursday, 4 September

14.00-17.00 Education in Clinical Biology in Canada Practice of the Profession

evening Section dinner

Friday, 5 September

09.00-12.00 Hospital laboratory visits

14.00-15.00 Section business meeting

15.00-16.00 Short oral communications

Section for Official Laboratories and Medicines Control Services (OLMCS)

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Poster session

Thursday, 4 September

09.00-12.00 Specifications for Biotech Products; Impurities and Other Issues

09.00-12.00 Packaging and Labelling of Prescribed Medicines

14.00-17.00 Accreditation of Quality Control Laboratories

Friday, 5 September

09.00-11.00 Short oral communications

11.00-12.00 Business meeting of the Section

Administrative Pharmacy Section

Thursday, 4 September

14.00-17.00 Is There a Best Health Care System Model Anywhere?

evening Section dinner

Friday, 5 September

09.00-12.00 What is a Drug? Where is the Border?

13.00-14.00 Business meeting of the Section

14.00-17.00 Short oral communications