Pik awarded at the awards FUNDAMED 2012.

– the Plan of training support to pharmaceutical ” classroom Pik has been the winner of the Global Award of pharmacy

-the award recognizes those initiatives that help improve the training of community pharmacy

Spain, April 2012.- Pik, leader in oral health has been awarded in the 11th edition of the awards-Fundamedheld on April 11 at the Rafael del Pino in Madrid Auditorium. The training of pharmacists of classroom Pik support Plan has been the winner of the prize pharmacy Global, a category that recognizes those initiatives that help improve the training of pharmacy.

With this distinction, FUNDAMED recognizes the effort of Pik to promote training tools to help pharmacy professionals in the field of oral health.

The award-winning project is included in the company training program called classroom Pik, an initiative aimed at practitioners of oral health that offered during the past year 2011 a total of 4891 microcursos involving a total of 1,500 professionals of all Spain pharmacy. Microcursos, which are taught by visiting physicians of the company in the Office of pharmacy, adapt to the time needs of staff pharmacist and covered topics such as oral hygiene, oral irrigation or inflammation of the gums, one of the pathologies that most worries patients.

The jury, composed by a group of experts who carry out their professional activity in different areas of health care, had to select between 85 nominations that they presented to this award. And as in previous editions, the awards ceremony attended by political representatives of the Government and the autonomous communities, experts from the pharmaceutical industry, leaders of the highest medical and pharmaceutical institutions, as well as representatives of various medical societies.

About Pik

Founded in 1980, Pik has been consolidated as a pioneer company and specialized in research, development and commercialization of products for oral hygiene. It has headquarters in Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona and five branches in Spain. in addition, it has one of the most important r & d in oral microbiology laboratories in Europe.

The company has grown to become a leader of the Spanish market in addition to having international presence in more than 40 countries through a wide network of distributors. The products sold include brands such as: Vitis ®, Perio.Aid®, Desensin ®, Interprox ®, halite ®, Xeros ® Pik, Waterpik ® and Fittydent ®. In addition, Pik is founding member and preferred of the major Spanish and international dental societies.