Round tables

Addressing developments in immunotherapy within a multidisciplinary approach was the objective of the Round Table organized by Esteve Foundation Barcelona on April 29th. Attending were eleven experts from different fields and institutions who presented their latest research in this field. Manel Juan, from the Immunology Department at Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, was in charge of moderating…

One in three people will develop cancer during their lives. Although this disease has hold a prominent place in the scientific forums and meetings, it has rarely been addressed from the perspective of one of those sectors most involved in the care of cancer patients – nursing. For this reason, the Esteve Foundation decided to…

Functional studies are those where research on the effect of drugs is based on experiments whose evaluated endpoint is directly related to a specific functionality. In these studies, a given response of the drug on the whole body or on one tissue is “visualized”. In the framework of the Barcelona Ciencia 2007 initiative, the Esteve…

Social pharmacology attempts to analyze the impact of social and cultural factors on the use and effects of drug products. A society like ours, where drug self-consumption is increasing steadily, must analyze the relationship between these drugs and the population, and its possible consequences. Indeed, despite its importance, this issue is seldom discussed in the…

The Esteve Foundation organized a round table on the topic of research from clinical settings in Bellaterra, June 1, 2004. Eleven speakers presented their experience from both research and clinical settings. The rest of the attendees, most of them young doctors, participated in the discussions after each presentation. Topics were close to several disciplines as…

With the original title of Ensayos clínicos en intervenciones no farmacológicas (Non-pharmacological clinical trials) this round table was held in Bellaterra (May 24, 2000). It was chaired by Xavier Bonfil (Unit of Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona)and it was finally published as monograph number 30 (Monografías…

With the original title of Ensayos clínicos en intervenciones no farmacológicas (Non-pharmacological clinical trials) this round table was held in Bellaterra (May 24, 2000). It was chaired by Xavier Bonfil (Unit of Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona)and it was finally published as monograph number 30 (Monografías…

The round table “Modelos experimentales de patología infecciosa” (Experimental models in infectious diseases) was held in Barcelona (May 12, 1999). Dr. José María Miró and Dr. José María Gatell (Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Clínico Universitario Barcelona) chaired this meeting. All presentations and discussions were published in the monograph number 26 (“Monografías Dr. Antonio Esteve”, only…