Pharmacogenetics in clinical practice discussed at EACPT Madrid Congress

Implementation of pharmacogenetics and personalised medicine in clinical practice was the focus of one of the key sessions of the EACPT Congress in Madrid. In this video, Matthias Schwab (Germany), Edoardo Spina (Italy), Marja-Liisa Dahl (Sweden), Adrián LLerena (Spain) and Ingolf Cascorbi (Germany) discuss pharmacogenetics in clinical practice from a healthcare perspective, clinical vs. business need and pharmacoeconomic evaluation of pharmacogenomics in healthcare systems.   

Listen to the panel discuss pharmacogenetics.


The 12th biennial Congress of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (http://eacpt.eu) was held  in Madrid from 27th to 30th June 2015. Over 500 abstracts were accepted from 66 countries and from all 5 continents for presentation as e-posters and oral presentations. The 54 oral presentations were eligible for awards for  best talks. 

Progress on research on treatments for Alzheimer's discussed at EACPT Madrid Congress

The 12th biennial Congress of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (http://eacpt.eu) was held  in Madrid from 27th to 30th June 2015. Over 500 abstracts were accepted from 66 countries and from all 5 continents for presentation as e-posters and oral presentations. the 54 oral presentations were eligible for awards for the best talks. 

Hear more about Alzheimer's disease and new ways to develop treatments on our YouTube channel video.

 
Alzheimer's disease was the focus of one of the key sessions of the Congress. Claudio Babiloni (Italy), David Bartrés-Faz (Spain), Régis Bordet (France) and Pablo Martinez-Lage (Spain) have been discussing

Claudio Babiloni, David Bartrés-Faz, Régis Bordet and Pablo Martinez-Lage

available treatments, why previous treatment approaches may not have worked, new biomarkers of response to treatment and a major international consortium of academic and clinical researchers and 12 pharmaceutical companies interested in better ways to move forward on successful drug development.

Madrid EACPT Masterclass by EACPT official journal editor Richard Shader on how to publish in scientific journals

The 12th biennial Congress of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (http://eacpt.eu) was held in Madrid from 27th to 30th June 2015. Over 500 abstracts were accepted from 66 countries and from all 5 continents for presentation as e-posters and oral presentations. the 54 oral presentations were eligible for an award for the best talk. 

At a well-attended EACPT Congress session, EACPT official journal editor Richard Shader gave a Masterclass to over 80 delegates on how publish a scientific paper.

Listen to Dr Shader discussing Clinical Therapeutics with Donald Singer from the EACPT:

Dr Shader's key messages on scientific writing included

- write clearly
- explain why you undertook the work
- describe how you advanced knowledge in the field.
- note further work that would take the field forward
- decide title and write abstract last - avoid excessive use of adverbs  
 - use short sentences
- consider use of translation support if English is not your first language: this should be translation of your own text, NOT ghost writing

More helpful advice for authors

The European Association of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics has Clinical Therapeutics as its Official Journal, in partnership with the major international publisher Elsevier. 

The journal features highlights of EACPT scientific and other activities and provides information on future EACPT congresses, summer schools and other events. The journal  also publishes peer-reviewed original papers and reviews arising from EACPT conferences. 

Drug information and decision support for rational drug treatment

Linda Amundstuen Reppe, Ylva Böttiger and Robert Van der Stichele

The 12th biennial Congress of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (http://eacpt.eu) was underway in Madrid from 27th to 30th June 2015. Over 500 abstracts were accepted from 66 countries and from all 5 continents for presentation as e-posters and oral presentations. the 54 oral presentations were eligible for an award for the best talk. 

Listen to Robert Van der Stichele (Belgium), Ylva Böttiger (Sweden) and Linda Amundstuen Reppe (Norway) in discussion with Donald Singer (EACPT) about drug information and decision support for rational drug treatment.

Clinical Pharmacologists from Switzerland and Finland at the EACPT Madrid Congress

The 12th biennial Congress of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (http://eacpt.eu) was held in Madrid from 27th to 30th June 2015. Over 500 abstractswere accepted from 66 countries and form all 5 continents for presentation as e-posters and oral presentations. The 54 oral presentations were eligible for awards for the best talk. 

Roseline Ing Lorenzini, Maria Paile-Hyuvarinen, Helina Kahmamarija, Marija Bosilkovska and Flavia Storelli

Watch the video with Clinical Pharmacologists in training from Switzerland and Finland discussing their interests at the EACPT Madrid Congress.



Flavia Storelli obtained a Master’s Degree (MSc) in Pharmacy in 2013 from the University of Geneva. Since 2014, she has been a PhD candidate in Clinical Pharmacology at Geneva University Hospitals. Her main interest is the in vitro study of drug-drug interactions regarding CYP450 enzymes and hepatic transporters in the HepaRG cell line.

She studies in the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology at Geneva University Hospitals. 

Dr Roseline-Kuntheavy Ing Lorenzini has been since 2014 non-MD clinical pharmacologist. She graduated as a pharmacist in 2003, then did a MAS (Master of Advanced Studies) in hospital pharmacy from 2004 to 2006, followed by a PhD thesis in clinical pharmacology which ended in 2011 on the use of paracetamol and NSAIDs in combination.  She has worked since 2011 as a pharmacist project manager in the Division of Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Geneva Hospitals. Her interests are: TDM, pharmacogenetics, and drug-drug interactio,ns more particularly in anti-retroviral therapies.

Helinä Kahma graduated as a pharmacist (MSc Pharm) in 2014 from the University of Helsinki and started her PhD in clinical pharmacology in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Helsinki in January this year. Her research topic is drug-drug interactions based on mechanism-based inhibition of CYP450 enzymes. Her main interest is in enzyme- and transporter-based DDIs.
 

More from EACPT Madrid 2015: Addressing heteregeneity in treatment response

The 12th biennial Congress of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (http://eacpt.eu) is underway in Madrid from 27th to 30th June 2015. Over 500 abstracts have been accepted from 65 countries and from all 5 continents for presentation as e-posters and oral presentations. the 54 oral presentations are eligible for an award for the best talk. 

Listen to Caridad Pontes (Barcelona) and Marie Besson (Geneva) discussing implications for regulators, clinical trialists and patients of increasing recognition of variable patient responses to their medicines.

Trainee Clinical Pharmacologists in Madrid for the 12th EACPT Congress

The 12th biennial Congress of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (http://eacpt.eu) is being held in Madrid from 27th to 30th June 2015. Over 500 abstracts have been accepted from 66 countries and form all 5 continents for presentation as e-posters and oral presentations. the 54 oral presentations are eligible for an award for the best talk. 

At a pre-congress session, Clinical Pharmacologists in training met to discuss professional and training issues and ways in which involvement with the EACPT may be helpful.

Lucio Ghiglione, Alexandra Pelaez Rivas and colleagues

Petru Micliuc and colleagues

Delegates from France, UK, Portugal, Denmark and South Korea

Congress scientific chair Cristina Avendaño discussing the EACPT Madrid conference

Cristina Avendaño

Around 800 delegates are now in Madrid for the  12th biennial Congress of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics which is being held from 27th to 30th June 2015. 

Over 500 abstracts have been accepted from 66 countries from all 5 continents for presentation as e-posters and oral presentations.

In this recording at the start of the Congress, Cristina Avendaño, Chair of the Congress Scientific Committee and Chair of the Spanish Society for Clinical Pharmacology  discusses her hopes for this important international event with EACPT Secretary Donald Singer.

Young Clinical Pharmacologists in Madrid discussing EACPT and career development

The 12th biennial Congress of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (http://eacpt.eu) is being held in Madrid from 27th to 30th June 2015. Over 500 abstracts have been accepted for presentation as e-posters. 54 oral presentations will be eligible for an award for the best talk. In this recording, young clinical pharmacologists from Spain discuss their careers, the EACPT and its latest Congress in Madrid with EACPT Secretary Donald Singer.

Hear on the EACPT YouTube Channel Young Clinical Pharmacologists from Spain and South America discussing the EACPT Congress in Madrid.

 

Update on the 12th European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Congress in Madrid: 27-30 June, 2015

Madrid is the hosting city for the 12th Congress of the European

Habsburg period Plaza Mayor, Madrid

Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, to be held June 27-30, 2015
at the Hotel Meliá Castilla, in the heart of Madrid.
EACPT Congresses attract a worldwide audience. It is the first time the EACPT Congress will take place in Spain.

Our EACPT Congress in Madrid 2015 is being organised in close collaboration between the EACPT and the Spanish Society of Clinical Pharmacology (SEFC).
A key aim of the Congress is to continue the work of the EACPT to strengthen the impact of our discipline across Europe and to make the EACPT both the common home of European Clinical Pharmacologists and a worldwide reference point for professionals in the field. 
This Congress will include contributions from our Portuguese and Latin American colleagues to give this meeting a special intercontinental flavour. 


View the outline scientific program

Abstract submission now open - deadline 3 February 2015

Registration opens soon - Early registration deadline 31 March 2015

SEE YOU ALL IN MADRID!

The official journal of the EACPT is Clinical Therapeutics 

 

Update from Croatia on the 2015 EACPT Madrid Congress

The Executive Committee of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and

Rijeka, Croatia

Therapeutics (EACPT) is meeting from 26-28 September in Rijeka in Croatia, hosted by the Croatian Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics    
The main business of this EC meeting includes planning for:
-  the 12th biennial EACPT congress to be held from

Rijeka port

27-29 June 2015 in Madrid
-  further interaction with the official EACPT journal Clinical Therapeutics (online access is a benefit for individual associates of the EACPT)  
-  the next EACPT focus meeting, following the successful EACPT Cardiovascular Focus Meeting held in Nijmegen in the Netherlands, 3-5 July 2014 (selected papers will be published shortly in the offical EACPT journal - Clinical Therapeutics
- interaction with key policy organisations interested in medicines and patient safety, including the European Medicines Agency. EACPT chair Professor Gonzalo Calvo is inaugural co-chair of the Healthcare Professionals Working Party of the European Medicines Agency.

EACPT biennial congresses provide excellent opportunities to showcase issues of topics of  concern to the internationalclinical pharmacology and therapeutics community, through timely and accessible original research presentations and commentaries to policy-makers, health and industry professionals, health technology providers, patient groups and academia.

The Madrid 2015 Congress will bring together a wide range of international delegates,

Royal Palace in Madrid

including health professionals, clinical and life scientists, policy makers, professionals from the biotechnology and pharmaceutical communities and others interested in the spectrum from basic to clinical pharmacology and pharmacotherapy, and from drug discovery to regulatory affairs. 
Key themes at the Madrid congress are expected to include:
- medicines and global health, 

- regulation of biosimilar medicinal products, 

- novel insight into drug ADME,  
- new models of public-private partnership in clinical research, 

- risk adapted clinical trial interventions, 

- pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacovigilance, 

- new pharmacological interventions against Alzheimer's disease,  

- research with electronic health care data,
- advice on writing papers from the Editor of Clinical Therapeutics

- heterogeneity in drug response, 

- the patient's voice in drug selection decisions,  

- translational medicine and pharmacogenetics,  

- therapeutics of wide range of common and serious diseases
- impact of immunosuppression on cancer risk,

- health policy and safe prescribing. 

Sessions will also include discussion about and opportunities for networking in relation to new EACPT-facilitated research networks.

See website for the 12th EACPT Congress to be held in Madrid from 27-29 June 2015.

Save the dates for the 12th EACPT Congress in Madrid - 27-30 June, 2015

Madrid will be the hosting city for the 12th Congress of the European

Habsburg period Plaza Mayor, Madrid

Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. It is the first time the EACPT Congress will take place in Spain, following previous presentations of bids for Barcelona 2009 and Valencia 2013.  Although it took some time for the EACPT to accommodate Spain’s enthusiasm to receive the European and Worldwide CPT community, we are delighted that this will finally be a reality in 2015.

EACPT and SEFC will give you the best of themselves to make of this a memorable EACPT conference. Keeping the essence of EACPT meetings, we will aim to make an innovative and attractive program for you all in general, and for young clinical pharmacologists in particular.

EACPT Congresses already attract a worldwide audience. We aim to have relevant contributions from our Portuguese and Latin American colleagues to give this meeting a special intercontinental flavour.

Save the date! The EACPT 12th Congress will take place on 27-30 June 2015, at the Hotel Meliá Castilla, in the heart of Madrid.

The complete scientific program will be released during May this year. The meeting website will be available during March. It will include all important information on the congress, including meeting timelines, registration and accommodation.

SEE YOU ALL IN MADRID!

The official journal of the EACPT is Clinical Therapeutics 

 

Register interest in the EACPT

The EACPT is planning to launch Individual EACPT Associates as a new opportunity to become part of the EACPT and to support its activities. Benefits for Individual EACPT Associates will include

• online access to our official journal – Clinical Therapeutics
• 50% reduction in page charges for publishing in the journal
• involvement in EACPT working groups and other EACPT activities
• opportunities to become involved in partner activities between the EACPT and other organisations

The Individual EACPT Associates initiative will be launched in the Spring of 2014.

Update from London on the EACPT

The Executive Committee of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (EACPT) met in London 12-13 October, hosted by the British
Pharmacological Society. The main business of this EC meeting was planning for major pending events and activities. Key items included:

Members of the EACPT Executive Committee

the 12th biennial EACPT congress to be held from 27-29 June 2015 in Madrid 
- the EACPT focus meeting in Nijmegen in the Netherlands, 3-5 July 2014 - the key theme is cardiovascular.
- update on the official EACPT journal Clinical Therapeutics (online access is a benefit for individual Associates of the EACPT - see register interest link below) 
- interaction with key policy organisations interested in medicines and patient safety, including the European Medicines Agency. EACPT chair Professor Gonzalo Calvo is inaugural co-chair of the Healthcare Professionals Working Party of the 

European Medicines Agency. 

The above photo, taking at the British Pharmacological Society offices, shows: 

Back row: Dinko Vitezić (Croatia), Simon Maxwell (UK), Donald Singer (UK), Ingolf Cascorbi (Germany), Ádám Vas (Hungary), Gerard Rongen (Netherlands) 

Front row: Gonzalo Calvo (Spain), Caridad Pontes (Spain), Marie Besson (Geneva), Ylva Böttiger (Sweden),  Caroline Samer (Geneva). 

Also at the meeting were Professor Kim Brosen (Denmark) and EACPT Chair-elect Professor Tabassome Simon (France).

Parliament buildings and former County Hall

EACPT biennial congresses provide excellent opportunities to showcase issues of topical international concern to the CPT community, through timely and accessible original research presentations and commentaries to policy-makers, health and industry professionals, health technology providers, patient groups and academia. 

The Madrid 2015 Congress will bring together a wide range of international delegates, including health professionals, clinical and life scientists, policy makers, professionals from the biotechnology and pharmaceutical communities and others interested in the spectrum from basic to clinical pharmacology and pharmacotherapy, and from drug discovery to regulatory affairs. 

Co-organisers Marie Besson and Caroline Samer reported on the recent Geneva EACPT Congress. Almost 600 delegates attended the 11th EACPT Congress in Geneva in August 2013, where there were 101 invited speakers from 21 countries - 15 countries from the European region and a further 6 countries internationally, from the USA, Canada, New Zealand, China, Benin and India. 330 abstracts were presented as oral and poster communications, following submissions from 57 countries from all 5 continents.

EACPT EC members Caridad Pontes (Spain), Adam Vaz (Hungary), Marie Besson (Switzerland) and Gonzalo Calvo (EACPT Chair: Spain) are members of the organizing committee for the 2015 EACPT Congress in Madrid. 

Key themes at the Madrid congress will include translational medicine and pharmacogenetics, advances in personalised diagnostics to improve the safety and effectiveness of medicines, updates on new biological approaches to disease, therapeutics of cardiovascular, cancer and inflammatory disease, clinical trial design and regulation, drug safety and toxicology, clinical trial design and governance, health policy and safe prescribing.

Register below interest in becoming an individual Associate of the EACPT and in future EACPT activities. 

Highlights of the 2013 EACPT Congress in Geneva

Around 600 young and senior pharmacologists from 5 continents were in

Congress President Pierre Dayer with local organizers Caroline Samer and Marie Besson

Geneva for the 11th biennial Congress of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (EACPT). 

Marie Besson with Heather Sheppard and Gaëlle Notzli from MCI

Key developments included
- a new journal affiliation with Clinical Therapeutics - the journal team attended

EACPT Chairman Gonzalo Calvo

the Congress and Editor-in-Chief Richard Shader gave a Masterclass on scientific publishing
- introduction of a new individual Associate membership category for EACPT - more news on how to join will follow 
- individual Associate membership will include online access to the official EACPT journal - Clinical Therapeutics.
- announcements of future EACPT Congresses for Madrid in 2015, Prague in 2017, and Stockholm in 2019. 

EACPT Awards

Sir Michael Rawlins and Carlo Patrono

- Lifetime achievement awards went to Professor Sir Michael Rawlins and to Professor Carlo Patrono.
- The EACPT Scientific Award went to Dr David Devos.
- A Special EACPT Award was presented to EACPT co-founder Professor Michael Orme and accepted on his behalf by fellow EACPT co-founder Professor Folke Sjöqvist.

EACPT Poster Prize winners

Moderated Poster Session

PP020 Domenico Italiano, Italy
Title: EFFECTS OF ARIPIPRAZOLE AND RISPERIDONE ON VENTRICULAR REPOLARIZATION IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
 
PP114 Annemarie Thijs, Netherland
Title: SUNITINIB DOES NOT REDUCE ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT VASODILATION IN HUMANS

PP219 Roselyne Boulieu, France
Title: THIOPURINE METABOLITES ARE USEFUL IN PREDICTING AZATHIOPRINE RESISTANCE IN PEDIATRIC IBD PATIENTS

PP233 Caroline Samer, Switzerland
Title: CYP1A ACTIVITY AFTER CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO DIOXINS FROM A WASTE INCINERATOR

More about the 11th EACPT Congress in Geneva

View and download Congress Programme

View Congress Abstracts ONLINE at the Clinical Therapeutics website.

The Geneva Congress brings together a wide range of international delegates,

Speaker Panel

including health professionals, clinical and life scientists, policy makers, professionals from the biotechnology and pharmaceutical communities and others interested in the spectrum from basic to clinical pharmacology and pharmacotherapy, and from drug discovery to regulatory affairs. 

For the Geneva Congress, there are 101 invited speakers from 21 countries - 15 from the European region and a further 6 countries internationally, from the USA, Canada, New Zealand, China, Benin and India. Around 400 abstracts from 57 countries from all 5 continents are being presented as oral and poster communications.

 

Social programme - on Lake Geneva

The EACPT was founded 20 years ago and now includes all national

Social programme - on Lake Geneva

organisations for clinical pharmacology in Europe. 

The EACPT aims to provide educational and scientific support for the more than 4000 individual professionals interested in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics throughout the European region, with its congresses attended by a global audience.

The EACPT also advises policy makers on how the specialty can contribute to human health and wealth.

Official EACPT journal: Clinical Therapeutics 

More about the 11th EACPT Congress in Geneva.

More about the EACPT.

Future EACPT Congresses and Summer Schools
2014 - 11th EACPT Summer School - Nijmegen: 5-8 July
2015 - 12th EACPT Congress - Madrid
2017 - 13th EACPT Congress - Prague
2019 - 14th EACPT Congress - Stockholm