New Pharmaceutical Science Expert Advisory Panel

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) has announced the establishment of the Pharmaceutical Science Expert Advisory Panel to serve as the key advisory resource for the professional body on scientific strategy, leadership, advocacy, assessment and review.

Professor Jayne Lawrence, Chief Scientific Advisor, said: “The Panel of leading scientists and researchers will help build a broad community speaking with a strong, united voice on a wide range of critical issues in a consistent way.” RPSGB is now inviting nominations and self nominations for scientists and researchers of national and international standing in pharmacy and allied fields. Candidates will be drawn from a wide range of disciplinary and professional settings including social, basic and applied science; industry; clinical/hospital; academia; and community practice. Membership of the RSPGB is not required for nomination and panellists may also include non-pharmacists and non-UK residents.

For more detail on the remit of the panel, selection criteria, required qualifications and application process, please visit: www.rpsgb.org/worldofpharmacy/research RPSGB is the professional body for pharmacists and the regulatory body for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in England, Scotland and Wales, with primary objectives being to lead, regulate, develop and represent the profession of pharmacy. Following the publication in 2007 of the Government White Paper Trust, Assurance and Safety - The Regulation of Health Professionals in the 21st Century, the Society is working towards the demerger of its regulatory and professional roles. This will see the establishment of a new General Pharmaceutical Council and a new professional body for pharmacy in 2010.