Pharmaceutical Industry Pharmacists Insights (PIPI)
PIPI is a special initiative geared towards promoting in-depth insights on the landscape of the pharmaceutical industry and the diverse roles a pharmacist can play in the profession, apart from the more traditional options of being a community or hospital pharmacist. This was in response to the subsequent growing interest for alternative workplaces. In this event, the pharmacy graduates, pharmacy students and young pharmacists are exposed to different environment in pharmaceutical industry.
Kate Kuan
Words from Kate Kuan, Chairperson of PIPI 2021
This year, my team and I hope to bring PIPI 2021 to the international platform, with the theme of “See Higher, Aim Further”. We are collaborating with International Pharmaceutical Federation and engaging both regional and global leaders to unveil captivating insights in the pharmaceutical industries. Being innovative, we plan various interaction medium such as plenary lecture, focus group discussion, and interview to keep the engagement exciting. Leveraging on our extensive network, we brought in various resources, partners and collaborators to make this event a success.
Under the auspices of MPS-YPC, PIPI 2021 aims to achieve the objectives to spark robust discussion around career advancement in the pharmaceutical industry. This includes, but not limited to exploring the challenges and key skills required to continue our professional development, and empower the roles of pharmacists as trustable partners in the pharmaceutical industry.
Shu Hui
Words from Shu Hui, Chairperson of PIPI 2020
Pharmacists have long been recognised and associated with dispensing medicine, and the function of the pharmaceutical industry is often overlooked. Yet, it is one of the key stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem. Cooperation and mutual understanding between industry, policy makers and healthcare professionals therefore is vital to promote cost-effective, safe and effective use of pharmaceuticals as well as fair and quality distribution and supply.
Pharmaceutical Industry Pharmacists’ Insight (PIPI) 2020/2021 hope to bridge the gaps between practising pharmacists and pharmaceutical industry by enhancing the knowledge on the role of pharmaceutical industry. Throughout the webinars, pharmacists and pharmacy undergraduates are brought about the function of industry in manufacturing of highly potent pharmaceutical for the treatment of carcinoma, improving medicine accessibility in a nation, mediating the safety and efficacy data to healthcare professionals to assist prescription decision, as well as the quality and transparency in supply chain to ensure product of standard is provided to the end user.
Being educated with vast knowledge on different aspects of medicine, pharmacists can certainly offer great value in the pharmaceutical industry and catalyse it’s growth in the nation. This will eventually improve the healthcare system. We are confident that with more exposure and understanding, pharmacists in Malaysia may be inspired to contribute to this cause.
Jonathan Wong
Words from Jonathan Wong, Chairperson of PIPI 2019
The inaugural Pharmaceutical Industry Pharmacists’ Insight (PIPI) started off with sharing ideas and information about pharmacy profession in the industry, which grow to the extensive idea of general intellectual and the essential requirement of a pharmacist as the commercial business collaborator. PIPI 3.0 was in collaboration with MPS Industrial Chapter on the goal of profession value driven and set to spill the beans featuring a revolutionary theme, Beyond “A”normous where it describes pharmacists’ value beyond Poison A license holder. A forum regards industrial pharmacists’ value had taken place with the input and sharing by PhAMA, MOPI, MAPS, MPS and Pharmacy Board Malaysia.
Pharmacy is definitely one of the greatest professions in the healthcare industry yet it is not being fully appreciated and valued in Malaysia. At present, with the extraordinary input of pharmacy profession in the pharmaceutical industry, appreciation and profession endorsement will be able to empower pharmacists to stay strong and be recognised as the healthcare system collaborator, a pharmaceutical industry player, and most importantly as the game changer.
Sharon Ding Wensze
Words from Sharon Ding Wensze, Chairperson of PIPI 2018
Pharmaceutical Industry Pharmacists’ Insights (PIPI) 2018 was not in my original to-do-list for the year 2018.
I decided to take up this challenge as I wanted to bring myself out of my comfort zone. Till date, I feel that it is still one of the greatest moves I have done in the year 2018.
I also tried arranging a larger variety of events this year – for example, I proposed a collaborative event together with the National Young Lawyers Committee. This aspect of a collaborative event really fascinates me as it encourages inter-collaboration among different professionals and shows we do not have to be limited to activities amongst ourselves only.
Many may praise that we have a really good line-up of speakers’, but one thing that they may not know is some speakers were contacted after looking at their amazing profile found in the media, without knowing them prior. I’m glad to know all the good speakers are willing to share their knowledge to others. It is certainly exciting to wait for the red letter day to come on 11th of August, 2018!
Lastly, be brave, not to try something others don’t dare to try, but challenge yourself to do something you wouldn’t dare to try. You will certainly be amazed at what you can achieve if you put your mind to it and commit!
