Who We Are

Our Objectives

The objectives of the Medical and Clinical Pharmacology Committee are to:

• work on specific issues related to the medical specialty.
• Advocate the development of Clinical Pharmacology and also as a medical discipline in countries where it remains poorly developed, importantly for improving prescription skills through education and research
• strengthening of links with other regional clinical pharmacology associations (such as latin-american countries),
• improve clinical pharmacology education and teaching in developing countries
• raising awareness, influencing policy, and driving impactful change in the development of the discipline and medical specialty of Clinical Pharmacology, and strengthen advocacy efforts worldwide

Recent Publications

• Sex/Gender Differences in Clinical Pharmacology (recently published in Pharmacological Research) – Lucena, M. I., Galappatthy, P., Allegaert, K., Böttiger, Y., Buckley, N. A., Medhi, B., Rieder, M. J., Waitt, C., & Hilmer, S. N. ‘Sex/gender differences in clinical pharmacology: A Perspective from the IUPHAR World Smart Medication Day 2025’. Pharmacol Res. 2025 Jul 28:107889. doi:10.1016/j.phrs.2025.107889. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40738398.
• Basic and Clinical Pharmacology in Spain

Save the Date

• WHO World Patient Safety Day, organized by the World Health Organization, will begin on 17 September 2025. Learn more about IUPHAR’s contributions through the 2025 World Smart Medication Day by clicking here.
• 2026 World Smart Medication Day and Poster Competition will be held on 7 May 2026. Details will come in early 2026.