The round table Ion channel pharmacology, organized by the Esteve Foundation and held on May 31, 1994, was moderated by A.G. García, from the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics of the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Madrid. A total of eleven submissions, like nicotinic acetylcholine channels, oxygen-regulated potassium channels, or second-messenger-sensitive calcium…
1994
The objective of the round table held on November 24, 1993 in Barcelona, further published in Dr. Antonio Esteve’s Monograph number 16, was to diminish pain in drug-treated patients. Topics like the advances in the knowledge of the pathophysiology of pain, the physiological bases of unconventional analgesics or the problem of chronic or postoperative pain…
1993
On May 11, 1993, in Barcelona, a round table was held on cancer research in Spain, ranging from molecular biology to clinics. The twelve submissions were moderated by Joan Bigorra, from Química Farmacéutica Bayer, and are gathered in Dr. Antonio Esteve’s Monograph number 15. The topics discussed were, among others, colon cancer epidemiology, preclinical evaluation…
1993
On October 12-15, 1992, in Majorca, the Esteve Foundation organized the international symposium The pharmacology of cell differentiation, where general and specific mechanisms involved in the inter- and intra-cellular systems related to the transduction of signals involved in cell growth and development were explored. This scientific meeting was coordinated by R.A. Rifkind, from the Sloan-Kettering…
1992
Therapeutics and quality of life was the central topic of the round table organized by the Esteve Foundation on May 5, 1992 in Barcelona. The objective: to improve the patients’ quality of life. Mª. V. Camps, from the Department of Ethics of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and Milagros Pérez-Oliva,…
1992
Under the direction of Drs. A. Barlett, M.A. Serrano and J. Torrent, the round table The clinical trial as a cooperative task was held on May 24, 1991 in Barcelona. Dr. Antonio Esteve’s Monograph number 13 is published under the same name and with the same contents. Examples of submissions were: The clinical trial as…
1991
The diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases found different opportunities for the development of new agents in the new techniques of molecular biology. The goal of this international symposium, organized by the Esteve Foundation on October 7-10, 1990 in Majorca, was to ascertain how the potential of modern biomedical science could be extrapolated into reality…
1990
The increasing demand for information in today’s society has reached every area of knowledge. This obviously includes science, which should be able to respond with utmost efficacy and rigor. On May 30, 1990, the Esteve Foundation organized an international symposium on scientific journalism at the Association of Journalists of Catalonia, which gathered scientists, journalists and…
1990
On January 17, 1990, the Esteve Foundation organized the round table Clinical trial methodology with the purpose of clarifying and unifying the basic criteria for good clinical trial performance in our country. The submissions presented during this event are gathered in Dr. Antonio Esteve’s Monograph number 11. Among others, the topics discussed were practical problems…
1990
A group of Spanish investigators from universities, healthcare sector, hospital centers and the pharmaceutical industry participated in the round table Biotechnology in pharmaceutical application to make their experimental work known. The objective was to analyze the scientific development of biotechnology in the pharmaceutical field, to describe the advances made and to design new strategies for…
1989
