Globalisation can facilitate improvements in health through the speed and ease
of shared information, advances in health care delivery and health policy, and
the enhanced pace of discovery through international research collaborations.
However, there are associated potential risks to health such as the spread
of communicable diseases and antibiotic-resistance. Current international
priorities in the development, supply and use of medicines reflect the influence
of globalisation. This is relevant to all aspects of contemporary pharmacy, and
means that graduates are increasingly working in a globalised profession.