News
22 June 2005
EPF Round Table debate on Online Pharmacy
The European Pharmacists Forum (EPF) will hold a round table discussion on Monday 27 June in Amsterdam on the theme of Online Pharmacy. The Round Table is being organised alongside the second seminar of the EPF in 2005, at which EPF members will elect a new President and Vice-President. The first seminar was held in Paris in February, and further meetings of the Forum are to be held later in the year in the UK (12-13 September) and Italy (30 November - 1 December).
Participants will include Jean-Etienne Martineau, President of the European Pharmacists Forum; Ornella Barra, Executive Director of Alliance UniChem; Elvire Kuyck, Vice-President of the EPF; Marga van Weelden, Chairman of the Royal Dutch Association of Pharmacists; Wilko van Amelsfort, member of the board of the Kring pharmacy network; Prof. Jan Raaijmakers of GlaxoSmithKline and Jacques Waterval of the DocMorris internet pharmacy company, as well as Dr Wim Wientjens of the Dutch Diabetes Patients' Association DVN and Sjaak de Vries, Alliance UniChem country manager for the Netherlands. The Round Table will be moderated by Prof. Bert Leufkens of the University of Utrecht.
A large number of pharmacists and senior representatives of pharmaceutical manufacturers, as well as members of the press, are expected to attend the event.
Established in 1999 as an initiative of the Alliance UniChem Group, the main aim of the European Pharmacists Forum (EPF) is to support a European and transverse approach to the profession, to bring pharmacists together to discuss ideas and share key messages. The Forum also helps Alliance UniChem to strengthen its partnership with pharmacists and develop its portfolio of services for European pharmacists. Bringing together representatives from the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic, The Netherlands and Switzerland, the European Pharmacists Forum holds four major seminars each year in different European capitals.
Alliance UniChem (www.alliance-unichem.com) is a leading healthcare group committed to improving the quality of health in the communities it serves. Its two main businesses are pharmaceutical wholesaling and retail. Operating in 12 countries, with a turnover of 13 billion euros and 33,000 staff, Alliance UniChem is a European and international leader.
For further information, please contact Yves Romestan at Alliance UniChem: +44 (0)1932 871560.
