The American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Board of Regents has approved the establishment of the Taiwan chapter.

Initial discussions on establishing the chapter took place in November 2019, during an ACCP pharmacotherapy program held at Taipei Medical University in Taipei, Taiwan. The ACCP Board of Regents then approved the new chapter at its July 2020 meeting. Founding president of the Taiwan chapter is Hsiang-Yin (Shawn) Chen, Pharm.D., M.S., vice dean; and founding secretary-treasurer is Elizabeth H. (Liz) Chang, Pharm.D., Ph.D., chair, Clinical Pharmacy, both from the College of Pharmacy at Taipei Medical University.

The Taiwan chapter joins two other ACCP international chapters: the Gulf College of Clinical Pharmacy and the Middle East College of Clinical Pharmacy. ACCP Executive Director Michael S. Maddux commented on the new chapter:

ACCP is pleased to welcome Taiwan as its 19th regional chapter and the College’s first chapter in East Asia. We look forward to involving Taiwanese clinical pharmacy practitioners, researchers, educators, students, and trainees in the College’s many activities. The launch of this new chapter reflects ACCP’s ongoing efforts to support the development of clinical pharmacy worldwide.

More information on ACCP chapters is available at www.accp.com/about/chapters.aspx.