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PMA acts to improve liaison... ... w,ith pharmacy by naming Ruggiero to keep in touch with profession's 'grassroots' The }'llarmacetttical \1 anufac- tttrers A.~,ti is nlakin}; an eff,rrt to open new line~, crf cc,rrllnunicatic,n with rank-ancl-file 1>harnl,tcist~ of the l*. S . As a fir~,t step. }'\1A ha, ap- 1„,illtecl 1)r. I()hn Rul;;gierr,, dean of I tu,ltte,tne Cullete c,f f'hatrnr:tm tco sen e a~, it~ 1.>liarnlac\ relaticm~, cc,n- <ttlucnt. I)r. htt;;#;ier(i is l,resentl\ un ler,vr frunl 1)n ltlc;nr. "l-ie'• l;()itll; t() he c,ur l,()int of cr,ntac: witli nr„;.cnize,l l,hartltxcy," 1'\1:1 Vice l,resiclt•nt I)r, ,lc,hn Arkar,, t„lcl A at.hi( .% N I)xt•c;c;t<•t l~t~t * rr tni~la. Grassroots: "He's al", going tr. <tct rt• rru,r,it"r c,f what l,ltarmttciNtl are t:,itlkin, at the grrc>;ruc,t., level. \\e*re nr,t alw:t~a cc+nvineecl that tlle -~t:ttrmetlt~ i~snecl l,c the Anleri- ct:n I'iitcrnl;icetttictcl A~,sn: iatir,u ttl- tt•a\ ~, rer'lect tltt• vie\r, uf tile n:c- tit,n', l?U,(u0H lth,,trmaci~,t,, c,r fur tltnt tlt,,tler, e%etl the t•iew,• r,f tlu .~tt,cttlt) :~}'11:1 nlenlber~. "1 c,ttl\ cite AI'llA. because thet :cre tlle nl„>t \-r,rcl cli the 1>hrtrlllrtey urT.cniz:tti,m . Ilut, the sruile atl,- l,lie, tc, the \tctirmal A.snci<ttilm uf Retail 1)ntl;;;ist, and other ltllar- t11acV gruttl,.,. Thrc,tl;,ll hi, visit, tc~ st;tte and 1„rtl l,ll;irtuau assc,ciat inn itleetitm„,, me t'Iiilklti H')r Ru;;;;pa•rco tcill l,e able tn give tts an incle•- l,enclent a,sessnlent c,f what 1>har- maci>t~, think al,uut sunie of the comtruversial facing the llru- fe,siuti.- .'1ltlwnl;ll 1)r. Aclanl, clicln't nlen- ticrn it. the snb;titutiun cluesti,m- parti;nlarlx the A}'h:'1 Hnuse uf llelegate!~ apl,ruval uf a drive fur repeal uf the state arni-stlhtititntiun laws-lrre,nnlal,ly ranks hif;h crn tht• list of inlix,rtant issne". Anutlter uf I)r. Kn;;I;ieru's func- tir,n, will lx tc, transnlit l,llarnl:tcy's l,rc,l,letu~, and ccnltl,laittt, tu I"tiA in c,rcler tc, see if sc,ltttic,n, can't l,e \N•urkecl unt lrefc,re these issnes get rntt uf hsutcl, 1)r. Aclanls said. Frustrated: I-ur t•estrti, l,harnl:tcy 1 II1 ! il i I i1~ AMERICAN DRUGGIST • Sep,embe, 7. 197C, Ila,, been fru.tratecl l,\ wh;it it cun- siclerz, to be its inal,ility tc, clisctl." inclntitrx \vicle lrractices witll clrnf; ll1a11111 act ttrer.,. As 1>art uf it,,, cat111,aiI;t1 to inl- Irrute relaticros with 1>hannacy. I'MA ha; alread\ held a clinner meetinl- between sc,nle c,f its c,wrl staff nlemhers ancl those uf the A 1-'ltA. Sintil:tr tlleetin-., are schecl- ulecl with the ,t,at1~ of tlte '\'A1:I) and rrther l,ll,crnl:ccy ;:rc,ulr.'. Acc„rclin;; t() 1)r. Aclanl~,, crea- tirm uf a new pharmacist adviso,ry co,uncil i, being cnntenll,l:uc•cl 1,y 1'\1A. !n anN e~ent, lie saiel, an ef- fort i., gr,inr tr, be rrrccle in the nl- ture to , s.)licit and \vei;;h l,harnl:,cN view • l,efnre I'\lA act, in ttrea., whici; will tlltinttttel\ sttirct the l,rc,- fe>~i,t;. Mediation: I'\1:\ is aware that. i,ecau.,e „f tPte cleel, rli\ i~,i,ni., «itilit, the 1>rr,fe,siun. ul,t;tinin;; a cr,ti~en su, frurrl ,l,hartllac\ i, n,rt alWay• e,t<\ .} le inclicatecl that I'\11:1 i~, l,re- lrtrecl tc, assttnle the rnle uf nlecliat()r l,etween theA I'hA an<lth(, \A}.I), althnugll Ile trarnecl tltat P\1A ~~uulcl l,rc,ceecl catttic,usly in this rc,lc•, in urcler to avuicl arl ttnNvantecl intrnsi(m in the intern:tl affair~, uf tlle c,rganizatiun.,. I)ir Aclamxt, nr,tecl that the l,lt,ir- nlam- liaisun l,u;t has existed at N11A for 3 year6• but that it ha!, been unfillecl ttntil nu\c• l,ecanse uf inal,ilit\ tu find the right nl:ui. WHAT'S COMING Sept. 9-12: National Assn of Chain Drug Stores, pharmaceutical conference, Conference Center. Wil- liameburg, Va. Sept. 13-15: Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Assn. midyear meeting. San Diego. Calif. Sept. 18-21: American College of Apothecaries. annual convention, Mil.,aukee. 8ept. 20-23: Federal Wholesale Druggists Aasn, annual meeting, White Sulphur Springs. R. Va. Oct. 18-20: National Assn of Re- tail Druggists, annual convention. Atlantic City. Oct. 23-25: lational Catholic Pharmacists Guild. 8th annual meetin€, Holiday Inn. Baltimore. Nov. 14-19: National Q'holesale Druggists Assn, annual convention, Miami Beach. Nov. 15-18: APhA Academ} of Pharmaceutical Fcienc". 9th na- tiona] meeting. a ashingtun. D.C:. Nov. 30: Pharmaceutical '`tanu. facturers Assn. midyear meeting. Waldorf-Astcria, NYC. Dec. 1: N.Y. Chapter. APhA- Remington Medal dinner in honor of Dr. Don E. Francke. Hotel Roo- -evelt. NYC. Dec. 6-10: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists. midyear clin- ical meeting. Anaheim. Calif. Feb. 21•25, 1971: Toilet Guods A4sn meeting. Boca Rat„n, Fla. Mar. 6-11: Drugt:ist•' ;ernic•e Council. annual meeting and tradr show. Waldorf-Astoria, NYC:. Mar. 14-18: Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Assn. 15th annual con• vention, Dunes Hotel. Las Ve€as. Mar. 27-Apr. 2: American Phar- raae•ewtical a~m. arnntaal mesting. San Francisco. Apr. 18-22: National A-n of Chain Drug Stores, annual meet- ing. San Juan. Puert,- Ricu. From Frye's salicylic acid to zylobalsamum Fur thuse • nc,stalgic alxntt the drug lntsint•ss generations agu . . . ;uul thc,se with an interest in l9th cetltury Americana, a lx,uklet jttst lntl,li,llecl rel,re,cluces a secticnt uf the 1987 catalc,r of Meyer I,ros. & Cu., wholesale drug hurt,e of tit. 1,cnli,. Nante c,f the vulunle is "Patent 1leclicine, ancl I'retl,rietary Arti- cle.,". It is available at S'.30. lrlu~- 2;r lmstawe ancl hanclling. frc~ul titcntyl,rc,nh :lsauciatc•s• I,us 11. I'rincer,u lttnctiun, O8:~:,CI. A -lc,-l,at;e product li.,~tinw st:crt• ~+•itlt "acicl• Frye', };ranulctr lic•", retailing at St, per clure•t, - ancl encl~, with z\.lulutls:tnrttrlt, \lr• l,er cl„zeu. 23