SGPT: Société Suisse de Pharmacologie et Toxicologie
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 2024 were:
The SSPT spring meeting with the topic “Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacology and Toxicology” was held in Bern on April 18, 2024. The annual meeting of the SST was held in Basel on November 14, 2024.
These meetings were well attended.
Meetings, Symposia:
· SSPT Symposium "Fortschritte in der Pharmakologie: Pharmakotherapie neuroentzündlicher Erkrankungen", 8 February 2024 in Bern. Organization: SSPT task force.
· At the LS2 Annual Meeting 2024 that was carried out in Lausanne on February 14-15, Prof. Carole Bourquin and PD Georgia Konstantinidou organized the SSEP symposium "Artificial intelligence (AI) tools for drug discovery".
· The SSPT spring meeting with the topic “Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacology and Toxicology” was held in Bern on April 18. Several members of the SSPT board participated in the organization of this meeting.
· The annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Toxicology (SST) was held in Basel/online on November 14 on different topics related to toxicology. Organization: SST board.
· The 29th Annual Swiss Symposium in Pharmaceutical Medicine ‚ dedicated to ‘Special Populations in Drug Development and Clinical Care: Across the Entire Life Span from Paediatrics to Geriatrics’, took place on 27th of November in Zürich.
· The SSPTC organized scientific sessions at the SGAIM2024 meeting in Basel.
· SSCPT has sponsored a scientific session on drug-induced liver injury at the EACPT2024 in Rotterdam (June 8-11).
· On behalf of the SSEP/SSPT, Prof. Stephan Kellenberger organized the symposium “Current Developments and Approaches in Ion Channel Pharmacology” at the EPHAR 2024 Meeting (June 23-26 in Athens).
· 22d International Summer School on Translational Medicine, Drug Discovery and Inspiration in Bönigen, August 21-23, 2024, organized by PD Georgia Konstantinidou and Prof. Thomas Kaufmann.
Prof. Caroline Samer, SSPTC president, is elected IUPHAR (International Union for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology) President-elect for the period 2024-2026 (President 2026-2028).
European Certified Pharmacologist (EuCP): The EPHAR and the EACPT (European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics) 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 and constitutes currently the first evaluation committee. The EuCP program has been launched in Switzerland in spring 2022.
Prizes for young scientists:
The SSEP awarded a poster prize at the LS2 meeting.
At the SSPT spring meeting, the SSPT attributed a prize for the best poster and a prize for the best oral presentation by a young investigator.
The SST awarded poster prizes at the annual meeting and Swiss Tox Lectureship Award.
Travel awards:
The SSPT financed travel awards to doctoral and postdoctoral researchers.