Dear colleagues,

Welcome to the website of the Section of Hospital Pharmacists of the Czech Pharmaceutical Society, which is designed for hospital pharmacy professionals.

The impulse to revive the website came from the effort to inform hospital pharmacists about news from various fields related to the hospital pharmacy practice. We see the new website not only as a place to publish professional articles but also as a place for discussions among professionals. Such discussions are essential for further development of the field – as concerns the expertise, education and training, and work organization. Considering the development and the opportunities the Internet offers, a discussion portal, which is what we want to consider our website to be, is the best way to exchange information quickly and to gain access to further education and training.

The issue of the oncology pharmacy is in the hands of the oncology pharmacy working group under the Section of Hospital Pharmacy. Another part of the website comprises contributions concerning clinical evaluation of pharmaceuticals. Further, it is necessary to mention the webpages devoted to drug compounding, where the database of hospital compounded medicines and technology rules for their compounding is developed. Our colleagues from the Drug Information Centre are preparing webpages with shortened topical articles from primary sources concerning drug research. Each hospital pharmacist can take part in the expert conception of the portal. We will be happy to publish articles, casuistics, observations or professional events after editorial modifications, we are offering to publish advertisements or news from the field.

The graphical design and the technical equipment was developed and purchased with the financial help from TEVA Pharmaceuticals ČR, s.r.o., which has become the exclusive sponsor of the oncology pharmacy webpages for at least one year. AstraZeneca remains the regular sponsor.

On behalf of the www.nemlek.cz editorial board

Martin Šimíček

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