Upcoming Meetings of EACPT
The European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (EACPT) is happy to announce the locations for the next EACPT meetings in the upcoming years.
Professor Folke Sjöqvist peacefully passed away on March 30th, 2020
Folke Sjöqvist died peacefully on March 30th, after a period of illness. He is survived by his wife Margareta, four children with families, friends, collaborators and colleagues in Sweden and worldwide.
EACPT statement on drugs and worsening of COVID-19
Fake and misleading information on drugs and worsening of COVID-19 infection is circulating throughout social media. The novel Coronavirus is able to infect lung through ACE2 protein. It has been supposed that some drugs are able to cause overexpression of this protein: ACE-inhibitors, thiazolidinediones and ibuprofen. However, to date there are no clinical data related … Read more
Canceled: ISSX / EACPT, Geneva, June 7-10, 2020
Due to the ongoing Corona crisis, this meeting has been canceled. Please visit https://www.issxeacpt2020.org/ for more information.
14th Congress of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
At the 14th EACPT congress, held in Stockholm from June 29th-July 2nd, the organization celebrated its 25th anniversary, attracting 500 participants from all 5 continents – from Australia to China, Japan and South Korea to the USA. 304 abstracts were presented as 66 short oral communications and 230 poster presentations by delegates from the European Region and around the world.
Updates from the European Medicines Agency: from vaccines to repurposing medicines and pharmacovigilance
24th-25th SeptemberThe European Medicines Agency has hosted its first meetings in Amsterdam for its Healthcare Professional Working Party and Patient and Consumers Working Party since the move of the Agency from its former Canary Wharf headquarters in London. The sessions coincided with the launch of a further three year work programme agreed between the EMA … Read more
2019 EACPT Scientific Award goes to David Brinkman for paper on CPT education
Congratulations to David Brinkman from the Department of Internal Medicine at the VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam who has won 2019 EACPT Scientific Award for the best scientific paper on a clinical pharmacology or therapeutic theme in the previous 2 years. His winning paper on “Key Learning Outcomes for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Education … Read more
14th Congress of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
At the 14th EACPT congress, held in Stockholm from June 29th-July 2nd, the organization celebrated its 25th anniversary, attracting 500 participants from all 5 continents – 25 % from beyond the European Region, from Australia to China, Japan and South Korea to the USA. 304 abstracts were presented as 66 short oral communications and 230 poster presentations by delegates from the European Region and around the world.
April 2019 updates on the EACPT from Athens
The EACPT Executive Committee is meeting in Athens from 5th – 6th April 2019 to plan for future activities of the EACPT. Main topics for discussion include final details for the upcoming 2019 EACPT Congress to be held in Stockholm from 29th June – 2nd July in 2019 early planning for the next EACPT Congress, … Read more
2019 EACPT Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Professor Urs Meyer from Switzerland
The EACPT is delighted to announce that the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award of the European Association of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics will go to Professor Urs Meyer from Switzerland.