Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine
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The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (FPM) is a faculty of the three Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (the Royal College of Physicians London, the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow). It is a UK-based professional membership organisation with 1,600 members; physicians with a professional interest in the speciality of pharmaceutical medicine,[1] the science of discovering, developing and testing new drugs, their regulation, and monitoring them for safety both during development and when they are prescribed.[2][3] FPM is a registered charity and ultimately exists to bring about an improvement in health in patients and the general population.
Abbreviation | FPM |
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Formation | 29 October 1989 |
Type | Membership body |
Headquarters | London, UK |
Fields | Pharmaceutical medicine |
Membership | Approx 1,600 |
President | Flic Gabbay |
Chief Executive | Marcia Philbin |
Staff | 11 |
Award(s) | FPM President's Medal, Honorary Fellowship and Membership |
Website | www |
The president of FPM is Dr Flic Gabbay.