Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences John Wahlich, Jayne Lawrence, Eddie French

APS Mission and Aims Mission: Aims Championing innovation and opportunity in Pharmaceutical Sciences for the delivery of medicines Aims Promote the Pharmaceutical Sciences to stakeholders to facilitate understanding and achieve engagement Share learning, drive collaboration, partnership and innovation Deliver insights into industry and academic roles for emerging scientists

APS Strategic Themes The mission of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences is to champion innovation and opportunity in Pharmaceutical Sciences for the delivery of medicines. Influence Policy More investment in Pharm Sciences in UK APS view sought by policy makers and TSB APS recognised as only professional group representing Pharm Sciences Senior Executives recognise the influence from and return on investment in APS Promote Careers Strengthen training and development of young scientists by supporting early career development Build APS membership amongst students Mentor post-grads and PhDs in academia Establish connection with TSB for research projects Further Scientific knowledge Support Focus Groups to further scientific knowledge Increase quantity of hard outputs/papers Influence direction of research funding Represent Pharma Sciences Establish APS reputation for balanced independent view of Pharm Sciences in UK Extend representation through engagement with pharma ‘mid tier’, CROs, CMOs and SMEs Increase membership amongst pharma scientist population APS Enablers Increase organisational membership Robust sponsorship income streams Clear APS brand definition

Current Chairperson(s) APS Focus Groups Focus Group Current Chairperson(s) Emerging Scientists and Development Helen Barker / Claire Thompson / Geoff Davison Biomolecules and Vaccines Kevin King Biopharmaceutics and oral drug delivery Mark McAllister Inhalation Eddie French Material Sciences Michael Leane Pharmacognosy Michael Heinrich Process Engineering, Product Formulation and Manufacturing Kendal Pitt Anti-infectives (Microbiology) Brendan Gilmore Skin Forum Majella Lane

APS The APS is a not-for-profit organisation funded through membership and sponsorship Of attendees today less than 25% are members of APS If you like what we’re doing and want to support the Pharmaceutical Sciences in the UK join the APS! £60 / year or £15 for students http://www.apsgb.co.uk/default.asp

Medicines for Older Adults Meeting Stevenage 13 March 2013 Medicines for older adults: Learning from practice to develop patient centric drug products Jointly organised by the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences (APS), the Geriatric Medicine Society and UCL School of Pharmacy The event created the platform to discuss the provision of medicines for older adults from a pharmaceutical sciences perspective Meeting commentary Int J Pharm. 2013 Nov 1;456(1):251-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2013.07.038. Epub 2013 Aug 3. (35 references)

Medicines for Older Adults ‘The use of medications in older patients is arguably the single most important health care intervention in the industrialized world’. (Avorn 2010) Meeting discussed Demographics of older adults Physiological aspects of ageing Medicines and ageing from a clinical, pharmacy and regulatory perspective ADRs, polypharmacy, adherence, formulation and delivery aspects Conclusion Parallels with paediatric medicines More could be done to improve the delivery of medicines to older adults Opportunity for collaboration to achieve this Avorn, J., 2010. Medication Use in Older Patients: Better Policy Could Encourage Better Practice. JAMA 304, 1606-1607.

Age Related Medicines Focus Group APS can provide the framework for collaboration Web site Access to membership and Linked-in contact networks Links with other Focus Groups Support (financial and organisational) for workshops / conferences / symposia APS Pharm Sci 2014 Conference September Potential for session at FIP Conference Bangkok (August 2014) Outcome from meeting Ownership going forward Committee identified Next steps agreed It’s your meeting we’re here to facilitate!