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AGAH - Events

Academic Events

As a specialist scientific organisation, we hold many challenging events every year.

In a two-year cycle, the AGAH holds an acclaimed scientific congress in Germany, where relevant topics that interest our members are discussed – alternating with a scientific event with one of our partner organisations, AHPPI in UK, Bapu in Belgium or Association Française de Pharmacologie Translationelle (AFPT) -Le Club Phase I in France.

In addition, scientific workshops are held on special topics and there is a yearly national discussion round together with the BfArM, where mostly safety-relevant matters in early-phase clinical studies are discussed. The programme is rounded off with training courses, entitled Introductory or Applied Workshops for young scientists and a training programme specifically for study nurses.

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    27th Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) Expert Meeting

    Partner-Event  |  Kurpark-Hotel Bad Dürkheim  |  May 15 - May 17, 2025

    This meeting will take place at Kurparkhotel Bad Dürkheim/Pfalz under the auspices of AGAH (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Angewandte Humanpharmakologie e. V.) and starts with a joint Dinner on 15 May 2025. The scientific programme begins on Friday morning, 16 May 2025 and ends on Saturday, 17 May 2025 at lunchtime.

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    EUFEMED-HEALIXIA CONFERENCE

    Partner-Event  |  Lamot Conference Centre  |  May 21 - May 23, 2025

    Mastering increasing complexity in developing innovatice therapies

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    Applied Course Introduction into basic principles of clinical pharmacocinetics

    SocraTec R&D Oberursel  |  Oct 7 - Oct 8, 2025

    Pharmacokinetics – prerequisite and at the same time “door opener” for understanding pharmacology!

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    POSTPONEMENT - AGAH/EUFEMED Diploma/Certificate course in Human Pharmacology (online and face to face) - New Date will be announced as soon as possible

    Digital Event & Face2Face  |  Nov 29 - Dec 9, 2024

    Regulatory, operations, ethical and quality requirementsin today’s early phase clinical trials (Course Modul 3) The German Association of Human Pharmacology (AGAH e.V.), the Association Francaise de Pharmacologie Translationelle (AFPT) in cooperation with the European Federation for Exploratory Medicines Development (EUFEMED) and its further Member Societies are developing a modular training course in Human Pharmacology, leading to qualifications at the certificate and diploma levels. The training courses are intended for physicians, biopharmaceutical scientists and healthcare professionals working in early phase clinical research and would also suit investigators intending to fulfil the role of Principal Investigator for First in Human (FIH) trials. Registration deadline: 25/10/2024 Minimum: 10 participants If there are fewer than 10 participants, the course cannot be organised.

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    EUFEMED Human pharmacology training – Module 4

    Partner-Event  |   |  Jan 15 - Apr 3, 2025

    conducted by Healixia, Belgium: Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and biomarkers in early clinical development This course addresses postgraduates in life sciences interested in early clinical development of medicinal products. The training provides an overview on pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD) and biomarkers in early clinical drug development spanning from non-clinical pharmacology over first-in-man studies to proof-of-concept clinical trials. Part 1: 15-17 January 2025, pharmacokinetics; 3 days at KU Leuven, Belgium Part 2: 2-3 April 2025, pharmacodynamics; 2 days at UGhent, Belgium Further details to follow.

AGAH e.V.
27th Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) Expert Meeting

This meeting will take place at Kurparkhotel Bad Dürkheim/Pfalz under the auspices of AGAH (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Angewandte Humanpharmakologie e. V.) and starts with a joint Dinner on 15 May 2025. The scientific programme begins on Friday morning, 16 May 2025 and ends on Saturday, 17 May 2025 at lunchtime.

May 15 - May 17, 2025
Program Information

This meeting will take place at Kurparkhotel Bad Dürkheim/Pfalz under the auspices of AGAH (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Angewandte Humanpharmakologie e. V.) and starts with a joint Dinner on 15 May 2025. The scientific programme begins on Friday morning, 16 May 2025 and ends on Saturday, 17 May 2025 at lunchtime.

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Registration Information

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Awards

Young scientists: Hans Günter Schäfer Award
Generous donations have enabled the Organizing Committee of the PK/PD Expert Meeting to reward outstanding contributions to the PK/PD field by young scientists with the Hans Günter Schäfer Award (cash amount of 1000 EUR plus free meeting participation incl. travel expenses) issued in memory of the original initiator of the PK/PD Expert Meeting. The award is kindly sponsored by the Frankfurt Foundation Quality of Medicines.
If you are a Doctorate student or young scientist (<2 years after PhD degree) and want to apply for this award, send your peer-reviewed, published manuscript as a pdf file to Joachim Höchel - joachim.hoechel[@]bayer.com. Manuscript submissions must be accompanied by a brief description (500 words maximum) of how your manuscript fits into the overall scientific context of the respective research area, with a specific focus on its innovation, methodology and clinical or in vivo relevance. Submission deadline: 28 February 2025; applicant notification by 14 April 2025. The winner will be announced on the website of the PK/PD Expert Meeting and will present their work as part of the main conference.

Master / Doctorate students: Best presentation award
Three young PK/PD scientists will be given the opportunity to give an oral presentation of their work (5 min) as part of the main conference. All invited presenters will participate free of charge (incl. accommodation). The best presenter will be honored and will receive the “Young Scientist Best Presentation Award” plus reimbursement of travel expenses.
If you are a Master thesis or Doctorate student and want to apply for this award, send an abstract (500 words maximum) to Joachim Höchel - joachim.hoechel[@]bayer.com.
Submission deadline: 28 February 2025; applicant notification by 14 April 2025.
Three applicants will be selected and invited for presentation.

Application to both awards is possible. However, expectation is that a dedicated abstract is written for the ‘Best presentation award’, submission of one complete manuscript for both categories will not be accepted.


General Terms of Registration

general-terms-of-registration_agah_pk_pd_expertmeeting2025.pdf
Event Location
Kurpark-Hotel Bad Dürkheim
Kurpark-Hotel,
Schloßplatz 1-4,
67098 Bad Dürkheim
https://www.kurpark-hotel.de/
Event Manager
PK/PD Expert Meeting
EUFEMED-HEALIXIA CONFERENCE

Mastering increasing complexity in developing innovatice therapies

May 21 - May 23, 2025
Program Information

In May 2025, Mechelen will be the place for healthcare and life sciences professionals to network with colleagues and to exchange insights about the latest developments during our joint event: the 5th EUFEMED Conference (21-23 May 2025) and the 4th Annual Conference of Healixia (22 May 2025). Mark your calendars!

Both associations are celebrating an important anniversary, together at the Lamot Conference Centre in Mechelen, Belgium under the title ‘MASTERING INCREASING COMPLEXITY IN DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE THERAPIES’.
We are looking forward to welcoming you all there, joining us for an informative, inspiring and energizing conference!

Poster Submission

https://www.eufemed-healixia-conference.com/page/1259

Registration Information

Organiser, contact us:
EUFEMED Office
Square de Meeûs 35
1000 Brussels
Belgium
E-mail info@eufemed.eu

Online Registration
Sponsorship and Exhibition

https://www.eufemed-healixia-conference.com/page/1243?bot_detected=1

Event Location
Lamot Conference Centre
Van Beethovenstraat 8/10,
2800 Mechelen,
BELGIUM,
,
Distance to Grote Markt : 300 m
https://meetin.mechelen.be/lamot-conference-and-heritage-centre
Event Manager
EUFEMED
info@eufemed.eu
https://www.eufemed.eu/
Applied Course Introduction into basic principles of clinical pharmacocinetics

Pharmacokinetics – prerequisite and at the same time “door opener” for understanding pharmacology!

Oct 7 - Oct 8, 2025
Program Information

This workshop, developed by experienced specialists from industry, CRO and consultancy, offers an entrée to physiological background, measures, and characteris-tics of pharmacokinetics. It helps to understand study design and evaluation of PK studies and the conclusions drawn from the results.
The workshop has been developed for clinical investiga-tors, project leaders, project managers and monitors as well as PhD students in industry, hospitals, university and CROs. The knowledge obtained in this applied in-troductory course helps beginners in pharmacokinetics obtaining the basic knowledge and scientific back-ground for professional handling, evaluation, and inter-pretation of PK data.

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Registration Information

Registration link to follow

Event Location
SocraTec R&D Oberursel
Im Setzling 35,
61440 Oberursel
https://socratec-pharma.de/
Event Manager
CSi Hamburg GmbH
+49 40 30770300
agah-meetings@csihamburg.de
https://csihamburg.de
POSTPONEMENT - AGAH/EUFEMED Diploma/Certificate course in Human Pharmacology (online and face to face) - New Date will be announced as soon as possible

Regulatory, operations, ethical and quality requirementsin today’s early phase clinical trials (Course Modul 3) The German Association of Human Pharmacology (AGAH e.V.), the Association Francaise de Pharmacologie Translationelle (AFPT) in cooperation with the European Federation for Exploratory Medicines Development (EUFEMED) and its further Member Societies are developing a modular training course in Human Pharmacology, leading to qualifications at the certificate and diploma levels. The training courses are intended for physicians, biopharmaceutical scientists and healthcare professionals working in early phase clinical research and would also suit investigators intending to fulfil the role of Principal Investigator for First in Human (FIH) trials. Registration deadline: 25/10/2024 Minimum: 10 participants If there are fewer than 10 participants, the course cannot be organised.

Nov 29 - Dec 9, 2024
Program Information

Currently, 3 modules are available:

Module 1: Introductory Course in Exploratory Medicines Development
Module 2: Non-clinical safety / Clinical safety / Pharmacovigilance
Module 3: Regulatory Issues / Ethics / GxP / Quality Assurance

Day 1:        29 November 2024 Online
Day 2- 4: 2- 4 December 2024, On-site (face-to-face)
Day 5:          9 December 2024, Online

The course content was derived from and is aligned with the syllabus of the PharmaTrain diploma / MSc in Pharmaceutical Medicine / Medicines Development Sciences. PharmaTrain is a not-for-profit organisation assessing the quality of courses in the biopharmaceutical sector. The PharmaTrain syllabus was evaluated and adjusted for applicability and relevance to training in Human Pharmacology. EUFEMED has drawn together a training faculty of experienced course instructors from its member associations and from invited guest lecturers.


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Registration Information

Registration deadline: 25/10/2024
Minimum: 10 participants
If there are fewer than 10 participants, the course cannot be organised.


Accommodation for the face to face part, is not included and must be booked separately by yourself. Please reserve a room yourself within the room contingent at the venue:
134 EUR per night, single room
 
Deadline call off           until 20/10/2024

directly by phone:      0049 6171 500800      or
by email:                        bookings.frankfurt-oberursel@elaya-hotels.com
Code:                             “AGAH- Modul 2024”

Start your registration here:

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Event Location
elaya hotel frankfurt oberursel
Zimmersmühlenweg 35,
61440 Oberursel
Event Manager
CSi Hamburg GmbH
+49 40 30770300
agah-meetings@csihamburg.de
https://csihamburg.de
EUFEMED Human pharmacology training – Module 4

conducted by Healixia, Belgium: Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and biomarkers in early clinical development This course addresses postgraduates in life sciences interested in early clinical development of medicinal products. The training provides an overview on pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD) and biomarkers in early clinical drug development spanning from non-clinical pharmacology over first-in-man studies to proof-of-concept clinical trials. Part 1: 15-17 January 2025, pharmacokinetics; 3 days at KU Leuven, Belgium Part 2: 2-3 April 2025, pharmacodynamics; 2 days at UGhent, Belgium Further details to follow.

Jan 15 - Apr 3, 2025
Program Information

Healixia/EUFEMED Certificate Course in Human Pharmacology - Module 4

This course addresses postgraduates in life sciences interested in early clinical development of medicinal products. The training provides an overview on pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD) and biomarkers in early clinical drug development spanning from non-clinical pharmacology over first-in-man studies to proof-of-concept clinical trials.

The course takes place in Belgium in 2 parts:

    Part 1: Principles of Pharmacokinetics (15-16-17 January 2025) in KU Leuven
    Part 2: Principles in Pharmacodynamics  (2-3 April 2025) in UGent

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding / knowledge of the following:

  •     Principles of PK including qualitative (ADME) and quantitative aspects (e.g. half-life, volume of distribution, clearance);
  •     PK after single and multiple dosing including drug accumulation, dosing regimens and study design;
  •     Concepts of therapeutic drug monitoring;
  •     PK: small molecules versus biologicals and ATMPs;
  •     Bioavailability and bioequivalence (generic drugs versus biosimilars);
  •     Population pharmacokinetics;
  •     Principles of PD: receptor binding, concentration-effect relationship;
  •     How to present PK and PD data;
  •     Extrinsic and intrinsic factors affecting PK and PD;
  •     Drug interactions;
  •     Pharmacogenetics / pharmacogenomics;
  •     Pharmacokinetic / pharmacodynamic models;
  •     The choice of formulations depending upon the characteristics of the compound and the intended uses of the product;
  •     The principles of testing formulations for bioequivalence, including the concept of biosimilar formulations;
  •     Biomarkers for target engagement, efficacy and safety;
  •     Strategies how to derive the first human dose (concepts of MRSD and MABEL);
  •     Dose escalation scheme;
  •     Stopping rules;
  •     PK / PD input in Investigator's Brochure (IB);
  •     Concept of Pediatric investigational Plan (PIP);
  •     Scientific rationale for genomic and related analyses;
  •     Pharmacometrics: PB-PK, PK-PD, model informed drug development.


Registration Information

All prices are excluding VAT (21%). Cancellation policy for training courses and events is applicable.

Online Registration
Event Location
UZ Leuven, UZ Gent
Event Manager
Healixia
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The Association for Applied Human Pharmacology (AGAH e.V.)

Association for Applied Human Pharmacology (AGAH)
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Angewandte Humanpharmakologie e.V.

Sekretariat/Mitgliederverwaltung

Adress: Goernestraße 30
20249 Hamburg

Phone: +49 40 . 30 77 20 97
E-Mail: info@agah.eu