Dr. Yolanda R. Robles

"It's already happening," Yolanda Robles, president of the Philippine Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, said at a press conference yesterday.

In the past three years, the University of the Philippines lost 10 of its top pharmacy professors to higher-paying posts in the same field in the United States and Canada, said Robles, who is dean of the UP College of Pharmacy.

According to Robles, the United States alone will be needing some 60,000 pharmacists in the next 10 years.
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A number of pharmacists, in fact, already enjoy incomes that are probably higher than what they would get abroad because of the training, experience and reputation that they have obtained right here in the country, said Robles.

Still, professionals will always want to aim for the highest salaries and this was possible only in the more developed countries, she said.

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Dr. Yolanda Robles is Dean of the UP College of Pharmacy and RxPinoy Medication Guide volunteer.To contact her directly, click on her name above to visit PharmASSIST.

Dr. Yolanda Robles is Dean of the UP College of Pharmacy and RxPinoy Medication Guide volunteer.To contact her directly, click on her name above to visit PharmASSIST.

Dr. Yolanda Robles is Dean of the UP College of Pharmacy and RxPinoy Medication Guide volunteer.To contact her directly, click on her name below to visit PharmASSIST.

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Dr. Yolanda Robles is Dean of the UP College of Pharmacy and RxPinoy Medication Guide volunteer.To contact her directly, click on her name below to visit PharmASSIST.

In the next 10 years, the United States alone will need some 60,000 pharmacists, according to Yolanda Robles, president of the Philippine Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

"It's already happening," Robles, dean of the University of the Philippines' College of Pharmacy, told reporters after a press conference in Quezon City yesterday.

In the last three years, she said UP lost 10 of its top pharmacy professors to higher paying jobs in the same field in the US and Canada.

Unlike doctors and nurses whose salaries here are much lower than what they could earn abroad, local pharmacists are not exactly saddled by a huge disparity in wage, she said.

A number of other pharmacists, in fact, have salaries much higher than rates abroad largely because of the training, experience, and reputation they have all earned in the country, she said.

"If you look at the economic situation, professionals generally want to leave for the highest salary," Robles explained.

This was revealed yesterday by Yolanda R. Robles, dean of the UP College of Pharmacy and president of the Philippine Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (PACOP).

Robles said that skilled pharmacists are very much in-demand in the United States as it is one of the most respected professions there in contrast here where a person normally thinks of pharmacists as mere sales clerks.

She emphasized that pharmacists, in its truest sense, go beyond the act of simply dispensing medicines to the public.
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They are now working in the US and in Canada," Robles said, adding that students taking up pharmacy are also decreasing.
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Robles said that local pharmacists are not evenly distributed as most of them are working in key cities, leaving provinces groping due to the lack of pharmacists.

Dr. Yolanda Robles is Dean of the UP College of Pharmacy and RxPinoy Medication Guide volunteer.To contact her directly, click on her name below to visit PharmASSIST.

Herbert, 30, male, of Caloocan City asks:Are these new drugs for insomnia are already available here in Manila?• Rozerem (Ramelteon)• Lunesta

Dr. Yolanda Robles replies:

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Dr. Yolanda Robles is Dean of the UP College of Pharmacy and RxPinoy Medication Guide volunteer.To contact her directly, click on her name above to visit PharmASSIST.
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Dr. Yolanda Robles is Dean of the UP College of Pharmacy and RxPinoy Medication Guide volunteer.To contact her directly, click on her name below to visit PharmASSIST.

Herbert, 30, male, of Caloocan City asks:Are these new drugs for insomnia are already available here in Manila?• Rozerem (Ramelteon)• Lunesta

Dr. Yolanda Robles replies:

In the next 10 years, the United States alone will need some 60,000 pharmacists, according to Yolanda Robles, president of the Philippine Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

"It's already happening," Robles, dean of the University of the Philippines' College of Pharmacy, told reporters after a press conference in Quezon City yesterday.

In the last three years, she said UP lost 10 of its top pharmacy professors to higher paying jobs in the same field in the US and Canada.

Unlike doctors and nurses whose salaries here are much lower than what they could earn abroad, local pharmacists are not exactly saddled by a huge disparity in wage, she said.

a number of pharmacist, in fact, have salaries much higher than rates abroad largely beacause of training,experince and reputation they have all earned in the country. she said:

"If you look at the economic situation, professionals generally want to leave for the highest salary," Robles explained