The 20th Singapore Pharmacy Congress held at Singapore Expo on 25 & 26 Jul 2009 attracted a total of 418 delegates from Singapore and around the region.   This year,  we have the pleasure of Prof K Saktu, Director of Medical Services to grace the event and deliver the keynote lecture.

(From left to right) A/Prof Chan Sui Yung, Head of Pharmacy, NUS, Ms Ang Hui Gek, Chief Pharmacist, MOH, Prof K Saktu, M K Fatimah, PSS President, Christine Teng, Chairperson, Congress Organising Committee  and Wu Tuck Seng, President, Singapore Pharmacy Council

Professor Lucy Wan Outstanding Pharmacist Award is the highest award PSS  give to Singapore pharmacists who have excelled in their area of pharmacy practice.  This year the award goes to :


Dr Andrea Kwa with Prof Lucy Wan

This award give due recognition to pharmacists who have excelled in the area of hospital pharmacy.  The award winner is:

Lee Soo Boon with M K Fatimah, President of PSS

This award give due recognition to pharmacists who have excelled in the area of community pharmacy.  This year the recipient of the award :


Anna Liew Nguk Har

This award give due recognition to pharmacists who have excelled in the area of industry pharmacy.  The award winner this year is:

Koh Oon Sim with Mr Koe Koon Poh, ICM MD

This award assist pharmacy students to enrich their knowledge and experience of
pharmacy learning through participation in overseas conferences, courses or training attachments. 

The 3 pharmacy student winners for 2009  are:

The Straits Times
Aug 5, 2009 by Judith Tan

Look out for side effects with Tamiflu

No need to panic says HSA. Benefits of taking the drug outweigh risks

DOCTORS have been alerted to let patients on Tamiflu and their caregivers know that there is a remote possibility of adverse reactions to the drug, such as sudden and severe changes in behaviour.

Since 2005, six patients, most under the age of 16, have become disoriented or incoherent after taking the drug.

Jakarta Post Jun 8, 2009 

Indonesia's food and drug agency withdraws 60 traditional medicines

It claims products contain traces of dangerous chemicals.

The Food and Drug Supervising Agency (BPOM) has ordered the withdrawal of 60 traditional medicines and food supplements from the shelves and told its branches across the country to seek out and destroy the products it claims contains traces of dangerous chemicals.

BPOM chief Husniah Rubiana Thamrin said the products contained one or more of the substances sibutramin hydrochloride, sildenaphil citrate, tadalafil, dexametason, fenilbutason, mephenamate acid, metamphirone and paracetamol.

CPHI China 2009

Despite the economic downturn,  visitors still flock to CPHI China 2009 held in Shanghai from Jun 23 - 25.

A total of more than 25,000 delegates visited a massive 1,600 +  exhibitors to find out opportunities in the pharmaceutical ingredients' market.

A delegate looking at the massive exhibitor listing