Published on Friday30thAugust2013
Minister White attends the International Symposium for Senior Pharmaceutical Policy Makers
Dr. Durhane Wong-Rieger, Chairperson of the International Alliance of Patients' Organizations (IAPO) (left) with Alex White, Minister of State with responsibility for Primary Care and Mr. Andy Gray, Senior Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (right), pictured at the Symposium for Senior Pharmaceutical Policy Makers held in the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin.
Primary Care Minister Alex White today 30 August, opened a Symposium for international governmental pharmaceutical policy makers in the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.
Over 80 delegates representing approximately 25 countries from around the world attended the Symposium. The delegates consisted of senior officials from international organisations and government Ministries worldwide, with responsibility for pharmacy and pharmaceutical policy and regulation.
The main theme of the Symposium was ‘Achieving Responsible Use of Medicines – Real Patients, Real Policy, What Really Works?’ It follows on from the October 2012 Health Ministers’ Summit in Amsterdam on ‘The Benefits of Responsible Use of Medicines’.