MPS-YPC 2020/2021 Chairperson Remarks
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Another term has ended for the MPS-YPC Committees of 2020/2021. As the curtain falls, here are some words from the outgoing Chairperson, Cedric Chua summarizing the achievements and challenges that his team faced throughout their term. Dear Fellow Young Pharmacists, The challenges posed by the pandemic in the past two years have spared no one....
FIPYPG’s 20th Anniversary
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The following piece is a compilation in conjunction with FIPYPG’s 20th Anniversary. Established in 2007, the Malaysian Pharmacists Society-Young Pharmacists Chapter (MPS-YPC) has been a prominent chapter under the umbrella of MPS. It was set up with the aim of bringing together young pharmacists, which currently form the largest cohort of the profession, to shape...
YPC Live Podcast #1: Workplace Communication
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With so much time now spent at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, what shall we do besides binging on Netflix and perfecting the art of making Dalgona coffee? Yeap, tis’ the season for growth! 📈 MPS YPC Professional Development team had taken this opportunity to organize the very first YPC Live Podcast. What better...
The SARS-CoV2 is ‘SMART’: An update regarding uprising ‘escape mutants’.
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In the last quarter of 2020, you have probably heard of the mutated UK variant of SARS-CoV2, B-117 that is much more infectious and responsible for two-thirds of the COVID-19 cases in the UK. It is reported that the new variant is about 30-50% more contagious than the original strain. One has to wonder, is...
Operation Vaccination: Yay or Nay? [Updated]
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[UPDATE] As of 8/12/2020 The Light at the End of the Tunnel On 8 December, the United Kingdom has been the very first nation to begin vaccinating its citizens. 90 year-old Margaret Keenan was the first Briton to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. The UK has also placed an order for the Moderna vaccines for a...
