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This page contains links to the most respected pharmacy associations in the world.
These associations provide an unlimited amount of support, education and information to the pharmacy and pharmaceutical industries.
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Featured Associations
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American Pharmacists Association - APhA, the national professional society of pharmacists, founded in 1852 as the American Pharmaceutical Association, is the first-established and largest professional association of pharmacists in the United States.
The more than 50,000 members of APhA include practicing pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, student pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and others interested in advancing the profession
The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists is the international professional association that provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources to advance the practice of senior care pharmacy.
National Association of Chain Drug Stores was founded in 1933 and represents the largest component of pharmacy practice--chain community pharmacy. Click Here for the NACDS CE Center powered by RxSchool.
National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) represents the nation's community pharmacies, including the owners of 24,000 pharmacies. The nation's independent pharmacies, independent pharmacy franchises, and independent chains represent a $92 billion marketplace, dispensing nearly half of the nation's retail prescription medicines. For more information and to join NCPA please visit our web site at www.ncpanet.org.
Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board is a web site dedicated for pharmacists and compounding pharmacies. They have information on accreditation, and PCAB® Information & News.
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Links to Pharmacy Associations in the US and Worldwide
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Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy - AMCP
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) is a professional association of pharmacists and associates who serve patients and the public through the promotion of wellness and rational drug therapy by the application of managed care principles.
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy - AACP
Founded in 1900, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) is the national organization representing the interests of pharmaceutical education and educators.
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
AAPS is a professional, scientific society of more than 10,000 members employed in academia, industry, government and other research institutes worldwide.
American Association of Pharmacy Technicians
American College of Apothecaries
American College of Clinical Pharmacology
American College of Clinical Pharmacy
(ACCP) is a professional and scientific society that provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources enabling clinical pharmacists to achieve excellence in practice and research.
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) is the national agency for the accreditation of professional degree programs in pharmacy and for the approval of providers of continuing pharmaceutical education.
American Institute of the History of Pharmacy
The Institute serves as American Pharmacy's historical society. AIHP publishes pharmaceutical texts dealing with history and ethics, in addition to the quarterly journal, Pharmacy in History.
American Pharmacists Association - APhA The National Professional Society of Pharmacists
American Society for Automation in Pharmacy ASAP's mission is to assist its members in advancing the application of computer technology in the pharmacist's role as caregiver and in the efficient operation and management of a pharmacy.
American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) is the international professional association that provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources to advance the practice of senior care pharmacy.
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
is the national professional association representing pharmacists practicing in health-care systems. ASHP publishes several products that are used as adopted textbooks in pharmacy schools.
American Society of Pharmacognosy
Association of Finnish Pharmacies
Austrian Association of Hospital Pharmacists
Austrian Federal Board of Pharmacy
Austrian Pharmaceutical Society
Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties
(BPS) The board's mission is to improve public health through the recognition and promotion of specialized training, knowledge and skills and the certification of pharmacist specialists. BPS has recognized five specialties: nuclear pharmacy, nutrition support pharmacy, oncologyg pharmacy, pharmacotherapy, and psychiatric pharmacy.
Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores This site is available in either English or French
Canadian Pharmacists Association
Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences is a non-profit organization which was established in 1996 to foster excellence in pharmaceutical research.
Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy
Controlled Release Society
Drug Information Association
European Society of Clinical Pharmacy
HIMSS
Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists represents its members, to provide leadership, to provide membership services, to foster safe and rational drug use in society, and to serve as a catalyst for practice innovation toward enabling members to better serve the public interest and the profession.
Institute for the Advancement of Community Pharmacy
The Institute for the Advancement of Community Pharmacy is a Virginia-based corporation founded in 1998 by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA, formerly NARD), to advance community practice in the United States. The Institute will use its funds to support educational initiatives, research projects and programs to enhance community pharmacy practice in the United States.
International Pharmaceutical Students Federation
International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists
International Society of Pharmaceutical Compounding
is a society dedicated to the science and technology of pharmaceutical compounding. The Society provides information, education and advocacy to help all pharmacists improve the use of compounded medications, with the objective of improving patient care.
International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
Kappa-Psi Fraternity
Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Inc. is the world's oldest and largest pharmacy fraternity. There are currently 66 collegiate and 41 graduate chapters in the U.S. and Canada.
Lambda Kappa Sigma promotes the profession of pharmacy among women and advance women within the profession
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy has all the information you need on Licensure and NAPLEX® competency assessment.
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) was founded in 1933 and represents the largest component of pharmacy practice--chain community pharmacy.
National Association of Drug Diversion
Established in 1987, the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators, Inc. (NADDI) is a unique membership organization whose members are responsible for investigating and prosecuting pharmaceutical drug diversion. The organization has proven to be a valuable asset to law enforcement, the pharmaceutical industry and health regulatory personnel.
National Community Pharmacists Association
The National Community Pharmacists Association, founded in 1898 as the National Association of Retail Druggists (NARD), represents the pharmacist owners, managers, and employees of nearly 30,000 independent community pharmacies across the United States.
National Institute for Standards in Pharmacist Credentialing
(NISPC) was established in 1998 to address the need for a nationally recognized credential for pharmacists providing disease management services.
National Pharmaceutical Association aims to make life easier, business more profitable and the future more secure for all its members
National Wholesale Druggists' Association
Nonprescription Drug Manufacturers Association of Canada is the national association representing manufacturers, marketers and distributors of self-care products.
Ontario College of Pharmacists
Pan American Health Organization
Pharmaceutical Care Management Association
(PCMA) represents managed care pharmacy, pharmacy benefits management companies (PBMs), and their healthcare partners in pharmaceutical care. The association serves its members and America's healthcare system by promoting education, legislation, practice standards, and research that fosters quality, affordable pharmaceutical care.
Pharmaceutical Education and Research Institute
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
Pharmacists Association of Alberta Link to Pharmacy
in Alberta, Splash page takes you to the Pharmacists Association of Alberta (RxA), responsible for membership services, job opportunities, innovoation, advocacy and economics OR to the Alberta College of Pharmacists, responsible for regulation and licensure of pharmacy practice in Alberta
Pharmacists For Life International the only website serving the professsion of pharmacy as a totally 100% pro-life philosophy.
Pharmacy Technician Certification Board
Pharmacy Technician Educators Council
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
PhRMA membership represents approximately 100 U.S. companies that have a primary commitment to pharmaceutical research.
pharmweb "Serving the Patient and Health Professional"
Phi Delta Chi,Professional Pharmacy Fraternity, is an association formed to advance the science of pharmacy and allied interests, and to foster and promote a fraternal spirit among brothers.
Rho Pi Phi International Pharmacy Fraternity
Society for Biomolecular Screening
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
US Pharmacopeia - USP
World Health Organization - WHO
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