The Esteve Foundation attended the first one-day meeting on Drug R&D Training held in Spain to present its training offering, including initiation seminars on how Clinical Research Ethics Committees operate, or more recent ones on how to give oral presentations in biomedicine. The meeting was held on 6 June 2006 in Santiago de Compostela, organized…
2006Kinetics of drug action in diseases states is the fourth volume of Pharmacotherapy Revisited: an Esteve Foundation Series. Gerhard Levy, from the State University of New York in Buffalo, compiled 44 articles published in different journals of this specialty. These facsimile editions develop several aspects related to the kinetic study of drugs in experimental models…
2002This monograph number 28 of the Esteve Foundation gathers the submissions and conclusions of the round table held on November 17 in Barcelona about patient healthcare training and drug information. Carlos Codina, from the Service of Pharmacy of the Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona, moderated the round table and edited this monograph. The main…
2000The fact that each patient reacts differently to one given treatment is both an obstacle and a challenge for pharmacology. The eighth international symposium organized by the Esteve Foundation included several aspects related to the diversity of responses to drugs. Geoffrey T. Tucker, from the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics of the University of…
1999The harmful effects of alcohol on driving are a recurring topic. In fact, the prevention measures applied by the authorities are exclusively directed to the detection of this substance in drivers. Medicinal products are of course not the main factor for accidentability. However, the availability of drugs that do not interfere with driving is of…
1996This report summarizes the contents of the workshop sponsored by Cornell University Medical College and funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Mich., USA, and the Esteve Foundation of Barcelona, Spain. The meeting was held on May, 25-27 1995. M. M. Reidenberg (USA), a member of the WHO Committee on the Use…
1996
Francisco Grande Covián, emeritus professor of the Department of Biochemistry of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Zaragoza, imparted the lecture Nutrients and drugs at the Royal Academy of Pharmacy. This was the fifth annual lecture organized by the Esteve Foundation and was held on May 26, 1988. Prof. Grande Covián’s name is…
1988The objective of the international symposium organized by the Esteve Foundation in October 1986 was to explore the different areas where pharmacology and toxicology increasingly converge, thus providing a better understanding of the response to drugs and of possible toxic effects. This volume number 2 of the Esteve Foundation Symposia series was edited by Professors…
1987
Ian Munro, editor of The Lancet from 1976 to 1988, lectured on Medical journals and drugs, old and new. This third annual conference organized by the Esteve Foundation was held at the Royal Academy of Pharmacy on June 3, 1986.
1986
As from the very first year of the Esteve Foundation, a close collaboration began with the Catalan Society of Pharmacology regarding the celebration of inaugural lectures of their courses. This collaboration has been maintained year after year. The first of these lectures was imparted at the inauguration of the Academic Year 1984-1985, under the title…
1984
