World Pharmacy Council (WPC)

World Pharmacy Council (WPC)

The World Pharmacy Council (WPC) was founded in 1987 under the name Pharmintercom. The members recognised the need for community pharmacists to have a voice to influence health policy at an international level and to expand its influence beyond the seven founding members. In 2017, the WPC was re-established under its current name.

The aim of the WPC is to give local pharmacies a voice at international level. The World Pharmacy Council has been established and acknowledged as an informed and respected data driven expert on the actual and potential role of community pharmacy in patient care and public health, advocating for using the full scope of practice of community pharmacists as part of integrated care of patients with acute or chronic conditions, and as providers of public health services.

The WPC is an associate member of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Expert Group on Economics.

ABDA has been a member of the WPC since 2023 and is represented there by the head of ABDA’s international delegation Mathias Arnold and by Dr. Jens Gobrecht, director of ABDA’s European Representation. In mid-2026, ABDA hosted the WPC annual conference “Pharmintercom 2026” at Deutsches Apothekerhaus in Berlin.

https://www.abda.de/en/international-collaboration/world-pharmacy-council-wpc/