SYMPOSIUM HISTORY & ORGANIZERS

Symposium history. Professor Sorin E. Leucuța PhD, founder of the biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics research field in Romania, initiated and organized the first National Symposium of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics, on behalf of the Romanian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences, on June 4, 1982. Being a visionary leader, the professor understood at that time the development potential of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics field, and wished to facilitate, through this Symposium, the experience exchange between the scientists in the field and the development of new research topics. The first 3 editions were held every 3 years, in Cluj-Napoca. From 1990, the Symposium was organized as a Satellite of the National Pharmacy Congress in Romania. Besides his interest for Biopharmacy and Pharmacokinetics, Professor Leucuța was also interested in another emerging domain, the Industrial Pharmaceutical Technology. Thus, in 1990, he founded the first Industrial Pharmaceutical Technology Discipline in Romania, and, over the years, he conducted an intensive research in this field. His activity has resulted in the publication of a large number of scientific papers, the coordination of several doctoral theses and the organization of a Master’s Degree Program.

Faculty of Pharmacy, University “Iuliu Hațieganu”, Cluj-Napoca. In Cluj-Napoca, the formation of highly trained professionals in the pharmaceutical field has a history of about 150 years. The current mission of the Faculty of Pharmacy is to create an educational and research environment for students and teachers, favouring the communication, the creativity and getting academic and scientific performances in the filed of pharmaceutics. Additionally, the Faculty aims to build a strong academic community in which the attraction, the development and the promotion of scientific and academic values represent the main principle for health protection.  

“Pharmacy has tradition, pharmacy is the future”!

 

The Romanian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cluj-Napoca Subsidiary, has contributed over time to the stimulation and promotion of valuable scientific research in the academic and professional environment of Cluj-Napoca. Among the main activities, scientific sessions and symposiums were organized periodically, having the professionals from the pharmaceutical and medical field as target. These events were and continue to be organized in collaboration with the Faculty of Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca and with the College of Pharmacists in Cluj-Napoca, their common goal being to contribute to the continuous, high quality professional training of pharmacists, and to the increase the social prestige of the pharmacist profession.

 

The College of Pharmacists in Cluj is a professional organization, apolitical, non-profit, of public law, with responsibilities delegated by the state authority regarding the authorisation, control and supervision of the pharmacist profession. Its main activities are the control and the oversee the pharmaceutical practice, investigating that pharmacists are respecting the specific law and regulations, representing the professional interests of pharmacists and keeping the social prestige of the pharmacist profession.

 

The Association for Pharmaceutical Excellence and Innovation is a non-profit association, without patrimonial purpose, established in order to constitute a scientific community that is designed to promote and develop the pharmaceutical sciences. The main objectives of the association are: (1) to promote and support the students and young researchers with remarkable performances; (2) to promote and support the young pharmacists/alumni (young people of value) in the academia and industry, respectively to militate for efficient measures to prevent the Romanian “brain” drain; (3) to support research activities by managing research projects and programs; (4) to facilitate the communication and the collaboration between academia and industry; (5) to organize scientific events (like – conferences, seminars and workshops etc) in order to raise the scientific and professional level of the pharmaceutical community.