The report of the Council for the improvement in the education of pharmaceutical sciences and the recommendation of the Central Council for Education indicate that the 6-year education is required to develop pharmacists with high qualities as medical staff. Each college of pharmacy started the education and practical training based on the model core-curriculum with the original program. On the ...

The struggles that challenge health systems in developed countries with respect to innovative high-cost medicines are some of the challenges the Global South face when accessing essential medicines. Asthma is one such example in which access to essential medicines may not be a big problem in high-income countries but that compliance and optimal use may be similar to low-income countries, for so...

Note: Points to consider have been developed to provide advice on selected areas relevant to the development of medicinal products in specific therapeutic fields. This document will be revised in accordance with the scientific advances made in this area.

Recent and substantial changes in access to restricted medicines by podiatrists in Australia are clearly consistent with healthcare policies aimed at reshaping the healthcare workforce. At the same time, prescribing and access to medicines by allied health professionals, including podiatrists, has been the focus of a recent scoping project by the UK Department of Health. In this commentary we e...

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Four years to the month after Parliament passed a law to enable the supply of lower-cost generic medicines to developing countries in need, the first exports are finally about to happen. In this article, Richard Elliott provides an overview of recent developments under Canada's Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR), and identifies key reforms needed to streamline the regime so that it can more easi...