Anglian Pharma’s parent company Crescent Pharma Ltd has pledged to back the Independent Pharmacy Federation alongside Sigma Pharmaceuticals and Genus Pharmaceuticals. The IPF is being re-launched with a new board of directors and Claire Ward, former MP and government minister, as chief executive officer. Free membership is being changed to paid membership with the aim of the organisation becoming self-financing.

Chief Executive of Crescent Pharma Mohammed Al Doori says ‘We are very pleased to be in a position to support the IPF; independent pharmacy is key to the continued growth and development of the pharmaceutical industry and it is important that their political interests are properly represented. By helping to relaunch the IPF as a subscription based organisation the board will be able to carry on their important work in a sustainable manner and to help them to do more in the future.’

A full article and interview with Claire Ward and Fin McCaul features in the September issue of Independent Community Pharmacist.