SSPT: Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie
The SSPT is composed of four societies:
- Swiss Society of Experimental Pharmacology (SSEP);
- Swiss Society of Toxicology (SST);
- Swiss Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (SSCPT);
- Swiss Society of Pharmaceutical Medicine (SSPM).
Of those, the SSEP and the SST are members of the SCNAT.
The highlights of 2021 were:
The SSPT spring meeting with the topic "Gene and cell therapy" was held online on April 15
The annual meeting of the SST was held as hybrid meeting in Basel and online on November 18
Both meetings were well attended
The SSPT has established the procedure for attributing the European title "European Certified Pharmacologist" (EuCP) to pharmacologists working in Switzerland
· SSPT Symposium "Fortschritte in der Pharmakologie: Therapie von Augenerkrankungen", 20 January 2021 in Bern. Organization: SSPT task force with Prof. Leonardo Scapozza and Prof. Hans-Uwe Simon.
· At the LS2 Annual Meeting 2021 that was carried out online on February 17-19, Gabriele Weitz-Schmidt organized the SSEP symposium "Precision Pharmacology: Translating Today's Discoveries into Tomorrow's Therapies".
· The SSPT spring meeting with the topic "Gene and cell therapy" was held online on April 15. Several members of the SSEP board participated in the organization of this meeting.
· The annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Toxicology was held in Basel/online on November 18 on different topics related to toxicology. Organization: SST board.
Delegates of the SST participated at the Eurotox meeting which was held online in September 2021
European Certified Pharmacologist: The Federation of European Pharmacological Societies (EPHAR) and the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (EACPT) have initiated this program, which identifies experts in Pharmacology. National pharmacological societies (the SSPT for Switzerland) establish a system for evaluating the candidates. The EuCP title is a European title.
A task force of the SSPT has elaborated the guidelines for the attribution of the EuCP title in Switzerland. These guidelines have been approved by the EPHAR, and in 2021, five members of the SSPT task force have been certified as EuCPs and and will constitute the first evaluation committee of the Swiss Certified Pharmacologist Register. The program will be launched in spring 2022.
Prizes for young scientists:
The SSEP awarded a poster prize at the LS2 meeting
The SSPT awarded the Bürgi Prize 2021 for the best original publication addressing a problem in the fields of Experimental or Clinical Pharmacology
At the SSPT spring meeting, the SSPT attributed a prize for the best flash talk and a prize for the best oral presentation by a young investigator
The SST awarded three poster prizes at the annual meeting.
Career workshop:
At the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Toxicology, a career workshop for young scientists was organized.