Efforts to accelerate the global use of new generation cholera vaccines gained significant momentum with the licensure of a new oral cholera vaccine, Shanchol™ (pictured) in India in 2009.

IVI scientists developed this vaccine, with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, by significantly modifying a vaccine used and produced only in Vietnam so that [...]

THE PHILIPPINE PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION, INc.
cordially invites you to attend the
2010 NATIONAL CONVENTION
with the theme
“Raising Pharmacy Practice to Global Standards”
Hosted by: Region VIII Pharmacists Association, Inc.
Date: April 7-9,2010 @ Leyte Park Hotel, Tacloban City
Keynote Speaker:
Lawrence Brown, Pharm D., Ph. D.,
Director, University of Tennessee, USA
Center for Medication Therapy Management
Plenary Speakers:
Director General Nazarita Tacandong,
Food and Drug Administration
Dr. Syed [...]

The Use Of Prescription Abbreviations: A Brief History
Latin once served a greater role on prescriptions when they were first written in the 1400s. Spread widely by Roman soldiers and traders, Latin was the main language of western Europe for hundreds of years. It was unlikely to change, because it was a “dead” language, and it [...]