International Pharmaceutical Federation - Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences

The Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences is in place within FIP to provide a forum for pharmaceutical scientists to communicate, network, and further develop their expertise and knowledge in their areas of interest. This is accomplished through member participation in Special Interest Groups that focus on specific aspects of pharmaceutical science and research. Targeted specifically to this group is the Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress, which is held every 4 years in a different location around the world. The most recent was in New Orleans, USA in 2010, in concert with the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.

Special Interest Groups have been formed on the following areas:

• Bioavailability and Bioequivalence
• Biopharmaceutics Classification System
• Dissolution
• Environment and pharmaceuticals
• Individualized Medicine
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Natural Products
• Nuclear Pharmacy
• Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
• Pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomics

Role of Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences
The role of this Board is to handle all scientific aspects of FIP's activities. To fulfill this task the BPS has developed a Strategic plan with a clear mission, namely to establish and maintain itself as the leading forum for representation of pharmaceutical science throughout the world. The main approaches to accomplish this mission are:

• Coordinating the advancement for the pharmaceutical sciences worldwide by providing a global network for national and Supranational organizations representing pharmaceutical sciences;
• Providing an international platform for interactions amongst pharmaceutical scientists;
• Contribution to public policy issues related to pharmaceutical research - e.g. gene products, biologicals, drugs: their Discovery, development, production, regulation and rational use;
• Fostering the career development of pharmaceutical scientists;
• Identifying and nurturing emerging areas of science in the pharmaceutical sciences;
• Enhancing recognition of the achievements of pharmaceutical scientists;
• Interacting with organizations of health care providers to strengthen their scientific base;
• Encourage high quality in pharmaceutical sciences;
• Assisting in advancing the pharmaceutical sciences in developing countries;
• Sponsoring international symposia, conferences and training programs for pharmaceutical scientists;
• Liaising with governmental authorities to establish and to increase financial support or research and development in Pharmaceutical sciences.