Strategy development for the EACPT

EC members from UK, Sweden, Croatia and Italy

The European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics provides expert advice for European policy makers and medicines agencies, and organises congresses and workshops providing key information on the latest advances in research, education and policy on drug development and on the efficacy and safety of new and established medicines and their management. The EACPT  provides important additional support for its members, including representation and advocacy, training, and other aspects of development of the specialty.

EC members from France, Holland, Denmark, Finland and Germany

The international landscape for learned medical societies is evolving rapidly as a result of several key factors, including the impact of advances in molecular technology on drug discovery and development, changes in populations demographics, emergence of new therapeutic challenges,  the current global economic climate, and the effects of new e-technologies on ways of working and interacting for health and industry professionals, researchers and other interested in clinical sciences.

EC members from Holland, Spain, Germany & Hungary

The EACPT Executive Committee is in the process of conducting one of its regular strategy reviews, including evaluation of opportunities for the Assocation and its communities arising from the above developments. Results and actions arising from the strategy review will be discussed at the next biennial EACPT Congress to be held in Geneva 28-31 August 2013.

More on the EACPT Geneva 2013 Congress.

Update from Sicily on the EACPT

The European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics organises congresses and workshops providing key information on the latest advances in research, education and policy on drug development and on the efficacy and safety of new and established medicines and their management. The EACPT  provides important additional support for its members, including representation and advocacy, training, and other aspects of development of the specialty.

Mount Etna

The latest meeting of the EACPT Executive is taking place in Sicily in advance of the next major EACPT biennial congress, to be held in the beautiful Swiss city of Geneva in the summer of 2013.

Here are two important updates about the EACPT's scientific and educational programmes and affiliated conferences:

The next EACPT summer school will be held 4-6 July 2013 in Edinburgh, with an excellent range of topics for delegates interested in key principles relevant to clinical pharmacology and therapeutics. For information and to register interest, email meetings@bps.ac.uk.

The EACPT is developing the programme for its next biennial congress, to be held in beautiful Geneva, 28th - 31st August in 2013. Key themes at the congress will range from bedside pharmacology for special patient groups to pharmacology & toxicology, and pharmacology and society. Specific topics will include advances in personalised diagnostics to improve the safety and effectiveness of medicines, updates on new biological approaches to ocular disease, therapeutics of cardiovascular, cancer and inflammatory disease, clinical trial design and regulation, and drug safety and toxicology.

Registration and abstract submission for the 2012 EACPT Congress will open 10th November, 2012.
For more on the congress see the Geneva 2013 EACPT website.

The EACPT EC has also endorsed the Spring Conference of its constituent Croatian Society:
'The Third Croatian and Third Adriatic Congress on Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research:
The role of Pharmacoeconomics in Developing Countries'
Venue: Brijuni, Croatia
Dates: April 25-27, 2013
Croatia Congress website

European Association of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Summer School 2013, Edinburgh

The 2013 EACPT Summer School will be held in Edinburgh, organised by Professor David Webb and Professor Simon Maxwell.

Date: 4 - 6 July 2013

Location: Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh

Event flyer

The Summer School programme will consist of keynote presentations on all aspects of clinical pharmacology by invited expert speakers, workshops, poster presentations, free communications and social events. There will be a strong interactive element and the opportunity for delegates to network with the speakers. 

Bursaries will be available. 

For more information and to register your interest, please email meetings@bps.ac.uk

See also information on 11th EACPT Congress, Geneva 28 - 31 August, 2013

2012 EACPT Summer School on Therapeutic Education

From 23-25 August 2012 the EACPT Summer School on Therapeutic Education was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 

46 participants from 16 European countries (incl. Russia) and 1 from Trinidad attended the Summer School. Both the design and content of the programme and the social programme and organization were very well appreciated. 

Most participants would welcome a Network of Therapeutic Teachers, more (frequent) summer schools and/or training sessions, and joint (research) projects on therapeutic education.

See www.eacpt-amsterdam.nl for the programme, abstracts and more photos. 

EACPT website

EACPT 2013 Congress themes and update

EACPT 2013 Congress website: Geneva August 28th - 31st 

More on the 2013 EACPT Geneva Congress

The European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 11th biennial Congress will be held at the International Congress Centre of Geneva (CICG) from 28 to 31 August 2013.

Cathedral and Lake Geneva fountain

Registration will open 10^th October 2012. Abstract submissions will also open 10^thOctober 2012 and will close 8^th February 2013. To receive updates on the congress before registering, you can submit your email address to the congress organisers.

Over 900 participants are expected to attend including health professionals, scientists, policy makers, biotechnology and pharmaceutical professionals and others with an interest in basic and clinical pharmacology, pharmacotherapy, drug discovery and development, regulatory affairs and related areas.

More information on the aims and key themes, and to contact the organisers, see:

2013 EACPT Congress updates 

Congress Website: http://www.eacpt2013.org

Secretariat email: eacptreg@mci-group.com

Update from Geneva

The latest meeting of the EACPT Executive has just finished in Geneva in advance of the next major EACPT biennial congress, which is to be held in this lakeside Swiss city in the summer of 2013.

Here are three important updates about the EACPT's scientific and educational programmes:

The next EACPT summer school will be held on 23rd to 25th August 2012 in Amsterdam, with an excellent range of topics for delegates interested in education in key principles relevant to clinical pharmacology. See the website for further information.

At the next European Pharmacology Congress in Granada  July 17th - 20th, 2012,  EACPT Vice-President Professor Tabassome Simon from Paris will give the keynote EACPT lecture on the application of pharmacogenetic testing to cardiovascular therapeutics.

Cathedral and Lake Geneva fountain (jet d'eau)

The EACPT is developing the programme for its next biennial congress, to be held in beautiful Geneva, 28th - 31st August in 2013. Key themes at the congress will range from bedside pharmacology for special patient groups to pharmacology & toxicology, and pharmacology and society. Specific topics will include advances in personalised diagnostics to improve the safety and effectiveness of medicines, updates on new biological approaches to ocular disease, therapeutics of cardiovascular, cancer and inflammatory disease, clinical trial design and regulation, and drug safety and toxicology.