The International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR) is a voluntary, non-profit association representing the interests of scientists in pharmacology-related fields to facilitate Better Medicines through Global Education and Research around the world.
[3] These meetings present the latest pharmacological research, technology, and methodology, and provide a forum for international collaboration and exchange of ideas.
The Division of Clinical Pharmacology, including 3 subcommittees of Developing Countries,[5] Geriatrics,[6] and Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance, focuses on the needs and research tools for clinicians.
Where relevant, data on the rat and mouse homologues are presented to assist researchers and clinicians in developing and/or enhancing therapeutics for eventual medication in humans.
In general, IUPHAR offers individual pharmacologists free curriculum expertise, career development and job listings (the non-profit PharmacoCareers.org[15]), research resources, and collaboration opportunities.
The stated aim is to produce a simple, attractive, easily searchable resource that will support students and teachers of the biomedical sciences, medicine, nursing and pharmacy.
The early years of the 21st century will be focused on integrating basic and clinical research to implement translational medicine techniques more quickly.
This topic was a central theme of the 17th World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (WCP2014) held July 13–18, 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa.