European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Founded 1995
Type Medical research, education, training
Focus Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Area served
 European Union and external international
Key people
 Gonzalo Calvo Rojas (Chairman)
Website www.eacpt.org

The European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (EACPT) is a learned society in the field of clinical pharmacology. It is the leading society in Europe serving the European and global clinical pharmacology and therapeutics community. It has its origins in a working party in the early 1980s under the auspices of the World Health Organisation (WHO-Europe). Subsequently, a committee was created in 1993 chaired by Folke Sjöqvist[1] with the remit to prepare the first congress of EACPT, held in Paris in 1995.[2] At that congress the founding EACPT Council elected an Executive Committee with Sjöqvist as chairman, Michael Orme (United Kingdom) as Honorary Secretary, Jochen Kuhlmann (Germany) as Treasurer, and Giampaolo Velo (Italy) as Vice-Chairman, with 26 European countries as members through their home country clinical pharmacology society or section.[3] The EACPT now includes all national organisations for clinical pharmacology in Europe and provides 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.

Aims

The EACPT promotes in Europe professional and ethical excellence and standards for clinical use of medicines and clinical research on drugs. The EACPT also aims to advise policy makers on how the specialty can contribute to human health and wealth.[4]

Activities

Activities of the EACPT include advice to policy makers and agencies in Europe, holding European congresses and workshops, and publishing policy papers, meeting reports, proceedings of congresses and constituent symposia, and contents of specific lectures.[5][6] The EACPT also holds summer schools.[7]

Summer Schools and Focused Meetings

EACPT Congresses[8]

Congresses[9] are open to delegates from Europe and anywhere in the world, including health professionals, researchers, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry professionals, regulators, policy makers, ethicists and others interested in drug discovery, and in clinical, cost-effectiveness and safety of medicines and related biomarkers.

Lifetime achievement awards

Scientific award for best publication

Special award for services to EACPT

Organisation

The EACPT is led by an Executive Committee[16] formed from a council of delegates from affiliated national societies[17] for clinical pharmacology and therapeutics. The executive committee officers from the 2011 biennial congress in Budapest are: Gonzalo Calvo Rojas (Spain, chairman), Tabassome Simon (France, vice-chairman), Donald Singer (United Kingdom, secretary), and Kari Kivisto (Finland, treasurer).

Official EACPT Journal

Clinical Therapeutics[18]

References

  1. ↑ http://kikatalogen.ki.se/kikat/faces/personView.xhtml?lin=674821
  2. ↑ Dahlqvist, Rune; Lange, Rolf; Cheymol, Georges; Orme, Michael; Sjöqvist, Folke (1995). "European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology becomes the official organ of European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics". European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 48 (5). doi:10.1007/BF00194942.
  3. ↑ "EACPT Historical Make up of Exec Comm Sept 2007 | European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics". Eacpt.org. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  4. ↑ http://www.eacpt.org/?q=node/2
  5. ↑ Perucca, E (1999). "EACPT Third Congress. Neuropsychiatric therapies". IDrugs 2 (12): 1269–70. PMID 16113953.
  6. ↑ "Presentation at EACPT | September | 2007 | News | Simcyp - Population Based Pharmacokinetic Modelling and Simulation". Simcyp. 2007-07-16. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  7. ↑ European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
  8. ↑ http://www.eacpt.org/?q=node/1
  9. ↑ http://www.eacpt.org/?q=node/1
  10. ↑ http://www.eacpt2013.org
  11. ↑ "EACPT Awards | European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics". Eacpt.org. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  12. ↑ "Colin Dollery". ELRIG. 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  13. ↑ http://eacpt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/eacpt-lifetime-achievement-awards.html?m=1
  14. ↑ Simon, Tabassome; Verstuyft, Céline; Mary-Krause, Murielle; Quteineh, Lina; Drouet, Elodie; Méneveau, Nicolas; Steg, P. Gabriel; Ferrières, Jean; et al. (2009). "Genetic Determinants of Response to Clopidogrel and Cardiovascular Events". New England Journal of Medicine 360 (4): 363–75. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa0808227. PMID 19106083.
  15. ↑ http://eacpt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/2013-eacpt-scientific-award-for-new.html?m=1
  16. ↑ "Executive Committee Members | European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics". Eacpt.org. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  17. ↑ "Members | European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics". Eacpt.org. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  18. ↑ http://www.clinicaltherapeutics.com/

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