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RPS to have global 'synergy' as Ash Soni takes on international role

 
• By Kristoffer Stewart

Ash Soni says the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) will have better “synergy” with the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) following his appointment as vice president.

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Ash Soni: Hosting the FIP world congress offers the RPS an opportunity for new partnerships abroad

Mr Soni was elected as one of three FIP vice presidents on September 1, in a role which he will take on alongside his duties as RPS president.

Speaking to C+D exclusively yesterday (September 3) at the FIP congress in Glasgow, Mr Soni said his new position would increase the collaboration between the two organisations.

He also said that hosting the international conference in the UK offered an opportunity for “new partnerships abroad”.

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