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World Smart Medication Day

 

 

WATCH RECORDING

2025 Theme

Sex/Gender Differences in Clinical Pharmacology

 

 

This year’s theme, Sex/Gender Differences in Clinical Pharmacology, explored how sex and gender influence drug response, safety and efficacy, and brings together world-renowned experts in paediatrics, geriatrics, education and global health.

Event Agenda with Speakers

Opening Session

    • Welcome Address
      • Speaker: Prof. Francesca Levi-Schaffer
      • Role: President, IUPHAR
    • Overview of the IUPHAR Clinical and Translational Pharmacology Section & Committees:
      • Speaker: Prof. Sarah Hilmer
      • Title: Conjoint Professor of Geriatric Pharmacology, University of Sydney,
      • Role: Chair, Clinical & Translational Section, IUPHAR

Thematic Learning Sessions

      • Moderator: Prof. M. Isabel Lucena & Prof. Priyadarshani Galappatthy
      • Sex and Gender Differences in Drug Treatment – Should We Be Concerned?
        Speaker: Prof. Ylva Böttiger
        Institution: Linköping University, Sweden
      • Gender Affirming Therapy in Paediatrics: Perspectives and Issues
        Speaker: Prof. Michael Rieder
        Institution: University of Western Ontario, Canada
      • Sex/Gender Differences in Clinical Pharmacology: What About ‘Baby’ Steps…
        Speaker: Prof. Karel Allegaert
        Institution: Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
      • Intersection Between Old Age, Sex and Frailty in Drug Development and Evaluation
        Speaker: Prof. Sarah Hilmer
        Institution: University of Sydney
      • Pregnancy & Lactation: Not “Special” or “Vulnerable”
        Speaker: Prof. Catriona Waitt
        Institution: University of Liverpool / Uganda
      • Real World Evidence from Mars and Venus
        Speaker: Prof. Nicholas Buckley
        Institution: University of Sydney
      • Sex Differences in Preclinical Development
        Speaker: Prof. Bikash Medhi
        Institution: Chandigarh, India. Chair, Basic & Translational Sciences, IUPHAR
      • Reflections & Discussion Session
        Moderators: Prof. M. Isabel Lucena & Prof. Priyadarshani Galappatthy

Poster Presentations & Awards

      • General Poster Winners
        Announced by: Prof. Gabriele Stocco
      • Research Poster Winners
        Announced by: Prof. Gordana Dragovic Lukic
      • Student Winners Video Presentation
        3-minute video presentations by winning students


Closing Remarks

    • Conclusions & Future Outlook
      Speaker: Prof. Scott A. Waldman
      Institution: Philadelphia, USA

About WSMD 2025

2025 IUPHAR Student Poster Competition

  • All entries have to illustrate and reflect the 2025 thematic issue “Sex/gender differences in Clinical Pharmacology”.

  • Two poster entries:

    • General Posters: open to all medical, pharmacy or pharmacology pregraduate students.

    • Research Posters: open to all medical, pharmacy or pharmacology pre- and post-graduate students