ROMANIAN CODE OF PHARMACEUTICAL DEONTOLOGY – A NEW
CONCEPTION
OFELIA CRIŞAN 1*, SPERANŢA IACOB 2…
1Department of Pharmaceutical Legislation and Management, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of
Medicine and Pharmacy, 12 Ion Creangă Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2Romanian College of Pharmacists, Cluj County, 4 Aurel Vlaicu Street, Cluj-Napoca Romania
*corresponding author: ofelia.crisan@umfcluj.ro
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Abstract:
Professional ethics of pharmacists can be optimized by developing the code of deontology. The purpose of this paper is to
present a new approach to the Romanian Code of Pharmaceutical Deontology. The paper has examined codes of ethics for
pharmacists from Western countries, using the interpretation and the comparative methods. The Romanian Code in force
relates mainly to pharmacists of the community pharmacy. But practicing the pharmacist profession implies also activities in
the fields of research, manufacturing, wholesale distribution, education, laboratory or administration. In all these areas, the
pharmacist’s work may impact on the safe and effective provision of professional services to the population. This is why the
project of a new code covers principles that are common as well as specific to all and each such field of activity. The
common principles reflect basic values and professional standards, which stand at the core of the code. The new and specific
principles relate to compliance with the highest standards of quality and ethics in research, marketing, pharmacovigilance,
pharmacy advertising, education, communication and publishing, supervision and inspection. The project was handed over to
the Romanian College of Pharmacists. Its role is to adopt a code adapted to the evolution of the pharmacist profession and to
make it known and observed in practice.

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