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The Minister for Primary Care at the Department of Health, Alex White TD, 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’.