In episode 17 of our RPS Pharma Scene podcast, Professor Parastou Donyai discusses how her twin disciplines of psychology and pharmacy make an excellent team, and why she thinks there should be more use made of both.

Parastou talks about how and why she became the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's new Chief Scientist, and her plans to work more closely with both academia and industry in future.

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In episode 16 of our RPS Pharma Scene podcast, Adam Todd, Professor of Pharmaceutical Public Health, at the School of Pharmacy, Newcastle University, and Anna Robinson, Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy and PhD Researcher at Newcastle School of Pharmacy, talk to RPS English Pharmacy Board member Ciara Duffy.

They discuss the availability and opportunities in Academia and Research in Pharmacy - how to get started and progress, as well as the rewards of these careers. 

If you've ever wondered whether a life in academia is for you, then Adam and Anna can help you decide!

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In this episode, RPS English Pharmacy Board member Ciara Duffy talks to Anne Black, of NHS England’s Specialist Pharmacy Service, and Dave Caulfield, Assistant Director of Pharmacy – Quality Assurance at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust. They look at the remarkable promise of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs).

The three basic types of ATMP are: gene therapies (to treat genetic disorders, cancer or long-term diseases), somatic-cell therapies (to treat, diagnose or prevent diseases), and tissue-engineered medicines (to repair, regenerate or replace human tissue).

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This episode, RPS English Pharmacy Board member Ciara Duffy talks to RPS Pharmacogenomics Lead Sophie Harding about the huge effect PGx is going to have on healthcare - and how pharmacists will be at the heart of that change! 

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This episode, RPS Head of Professional Belonging Aman Doll is joined by two guests to speak about the origins of their names, and what they mean to them. Helen Chang, RPS Head of Professional Development, speaks about having to change her name after arriving in the UK at a young age, and Gautam Paul, a pharmacist at Nottingham School of Pharmacy and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, tells us about his experiences in the workplace and his social life.

'Say My Name' is named after the Destiny's Child song, which Aman and Gautam would write mock verses for  when they experienced wrong pronunciations of their names in the workplace as pharmacists. 

All three speakers on the episode talk about meanings behind their names, their cultural heritage, having to change them in the UK, and give us personal anecdotes and experiences along the way.

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This episode, RPS English Pharmacy Board member Ciara Duffy is joined by Tania Thomas, VP of Global Regulatory & Medical Affairs at Opiant Pharmaceuticals.

Having worked in industry in Europe, Middle East and the US, Tania gives Pharma Scene listeners advice on moving to work abroad - from what to take with you and prepare, to what to expect.

From voluntary work at the Olympics in Doping Control, to a Creative Writing course at Oxford University, and Pharmaceutical Assessor experience at MHRA, Tania has a varied career that has included over 20 years' experience in US/Global Regulatory Affairs roles. 

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This episode, RPS English Pharmacy Board member Ciara Duffy is joined by Gillian Renouf, Head of Quality UK and Ireland at Novartis and Chair of the RPS Qualified Person Assessment Panel.

Gillian talks about working as a pharmacist in industry, who and what has inspired her over the years, and why now is an extremely exciting time to work in pharmacy.

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This episode, RPS English Pharmacy Board member Ciara Duffy is joined by Ben Hannan, Chief Pharmacist at NHS Fife in Scotland. 

Ben talks about the experience of leading at a young age, how important it is to be authentic in the workplace, and how inclusion and diversity has played an important part in his pharmacy career. 

Along with career highlights and book recommendations, Ben offers advice for early-career pharmacists and speaks about how exciting the profession is to be in at the moment.

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This episode, Professor Gino Martini is joined by representatives from Kindeva Drug Delivery. 

Kindeva develops and manufactures complex drug device combination products, with a focus on transdermal and inhalation drug delivery products.

Gino welcomes Laura Walsh from Global Buisness Development, Dr. John Vasilakos, Global Head of MTS at Kindeva, and Lisa Dick, the leading platform scientist for microneedles. 

Kindeva originated as Riker Labatories, who invented the first metered-dose inhaler in 1956, before becoming pat of 3M.

Now, Laura, John and Lisa talk about Kindeva's microneedle technology, the impact of COVID-19, and other technologies. 

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In this episode, we have a rare and remarkable Christmas treat, courtesy of our RPS Museum archives: a long-lost gramophone recording from 1888, made by the RPS' first female member, Fanny Elizabeth Potter.

Using the latest available gramophone technology, Fanny seems to have accidentally recorded herself serving a gentleman customer in her Fleckney shop on Christmas Eve 1888. The pair discuss the role of women in pharmacy, indigestion remedies, and natural versus scientific medicines.

How could such a remarkable document have survived all this time?

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