IEIS signs cooperation protocol with Ankara University Faculty of Pharmacy
A cooperation protocol in the field of education was signed between the İlaç Endüstrisi İşverenler Sendikası (İEİS), a well-established and leading organization in Türkiye's pharmaceutical industry, and Ankara University Faculty of Pharmacy, one of the country's respected and long-standing educational institutions.
Pharmaceutical Industry Employers' Union Signs Cooperation Protocol with Ankara University Faculty of Pharmacy
A cooperation protocol in the field of education has been signed between İlaç Endüstrisi İşverenler Sendikası (İEİS), a long-established and pioneering organization in Turkey's pharmaceutical industry, and Ankara University Faculty of Pharmacy, a respected and established educational institution.
The protocol aims to train pharmacists equipped to meet the pharmaceutical industry's requirements and to increase employment opportunities for pharmacists.
İEİS Board Chairman Nezih Barut: "As a pharmaceutical industry, we strongly believe in university collaborations and we are conducting multifaceted efforts to develop this relationship," he said.
Barut, noting that as İEİS they place great importance on industry-manufacturing collaborations, stated: "We continue collaborations that invest in our industry's future. In recent years, we have signed cooperation protocols with different universities.
We are pleased that Ankara University has also been added to these. We believe that with the said protocol, the bond between the university and industry will be further strengthened," he said.
Barut noted that İEİS's goal is for the industry to become a global production hub through breakthroughs in the production field, to ensure domestic production of imported medicines, and in the R&D field,
to increase competence and develop higher value-added products, particularly in biotechnology. Barut stated: "Within this framework, we have a shortage of qualified personnel to work in production and R&D areas.
As an industry, we attach importance to training more specialists in these areas. Encouraging and supporting talented and motivated young people who aim to pursue careers in the pharmaceutical sector is a shared responsibility of the public sector, universities and industry. All parties are now much more sensitive and aware on this matter," he said.
Ankara University Faculty of Pharmacy Acting Dean Prof. Dr. Gülbin Özçelikay: "Our goal is to provide qualified workforce to industry and job opportunities to our students," she said
Özçelikay noted that as one of Turkey's most long-established and respected pharmacy faculties, they are conducting efforts to advance the education their students receive and to design it in line with the country's and industry's needs.
Özçelikay stated: "Our students receiving the qualified workforce training that the pharmaceutical industry requires will both increase job opportunities for our young people and return as value added to industry."
Emphasizing the importance of students experiencing industrial pharmacy, Özçelikay continued as follows: "This cooperation will provide significant benefit in terms of students reinforcing the theoretical knowledge they learn at school through internships in industry and gaining experience by producing solutions to problems they encounter in practice."
