The Albert Wuokko Award, 6000 €, was presented this year to a senior pharmacist. The prestigious award was awarded to Professor Jouni Hirvonen, who also serves as the Vice-Rector of the University of Helsinki. Professor Jouni Hirvonen has a remarkable academic career and he has had a huge impact on pharmaceutical science and teaching in Finland. The Finnish Pharmaceutical Society expresses its warmest congratulations!
Research grants 2023
The Finnish Pharmaceutical Society has awarded the following grants in August 2023. The society received 32 applications during the grant application period.
Iiro Rautsola, Helsingin yliopisto, 12 000 €, Development and validation of microfluidic in vitro models for studying biotransformation and P450 inhibition of pharmaceuticals.
Seyedhamed Maljaei, Itä-Suomen yliopisto, 9 000 €, Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide (OATP) -Utilizing Prodrugs to Improve Intra-Brain Drug Delivery
Atefeh Saadabadi, Åbo Akademi, 12 000 €, Development of Novel Analgesics and Anti-Inflammatory Agents Derived from Natural Stilbenoids
Mella Louhisalmi, Itä-Suomen yliopisto, 12 000 €, Household Medication Waste in Finland
Best article award 2023
Best article award 2023, 500 €, has been given to:
Tony Eteläinen, Catarina Silva, Johanna Uhari-Väänänen, Francesca De Lorenzo, Maria Jäntti, Hengjing Cui, Marta Chavero-Pieres, Tommi Kilpeläinen, Christina Mechtler, Reinis Svarcbahs, Erin Seppälä, Juha Savinainen, Elena Puris, Gert Fricker, Mikko Gynther, Ulrika Julku, Henri Huttunen, Stephen Haggarty, Timo Myöhänen
A prolyl oligopeptidase inhibitor reduces tau pathology in cellular models and in mice with tauopathy
Science Translational Medicine, volume 15, issue 691, 2023
Congratulations!
Study awards
The Finnish Pharmaceutical Society has awarded the study awards to MSc. Akseli Niemelä (University of Helsinki), MSc. Katri Vainionpää (University of Eastern Finland), and BSc. Lina Wikman (Åbo Akademi). Congratulations!
Extraordinary general meeting
Welcome to the society’s extraordinary general meeting on Thursday 9 November 2023 at 13:00. The meeting will be held at Tieteiden Talo, Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki (Hall 505), in Finnish, meeting agenda below. Further enquiries from the secretary of the society: arto.merivaara@uef.fi.
Coffee will be served after the meeting and the program will continue with the FinPharmSci 2023 event at the same place. To attend these events, please, register by 26 October via:
https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/124997/lomakkeet.html
SUOMEN FARMASEUTTINEN YHDISTYS R.Y:N YLIMÄÄRÄINEN KOKOUS 9.11.2023
Asialista
1. Kokouksen avaus
2. Kokouksen laillisuus ja päätösvaltaisuus
3. Kokouksen järjestäytyminen
4. Esityslistan hyväksyminen työjärjestykseksi
5. Yhdistyksen sääntöjen muuttaminen, 1. käsittely
Hallitus esittää sääntöjen tarkistamista 3 § Jäsenet ja 13 § Yhdistyksen kokoukset osalta
6. Toimihenkilöiden palkkiot
Hallitus esittää yhdistyksen puheenjohtajan palkkion tarkistamista
7. Kokouksen päättäminen
10th BBBB conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences
The 10th BBBB Conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences “Today´s science, tomorrow´s healthcare” will be held in Tartu, Estonia, from 12th to 14th September 2024. The 10th BBBB Conference will be organized by the Estonian Academical Society of Pharmacy and the Finnish Pharmaceutical Society with the support of the Institute of Pharmacy, University of Tartu and European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences. More information can be found here: https://bbbb-meeting.org/ .
The Finnish Pharmaceutical Society is a scientific society founded in 1887, with coverage of the whole country. The aim of the society is to promote the pharmaceutical sciences, pharmaceutical research and the applications of these in Finland. The society allocates also grants and awards for individual researchers.
The society arranges lectures, discussions or courses concerning the recent developments in the area of pharmaceutical research and other current topics related to the field. The society is actively cooperating with the other national and international societies working in the same area of interests.
The society is also a member society of the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies.