Clinical
Pharmacology
a matter of enthusiasm!
Membership
Become a member of AGAH!
You can contribute your competence to the professional scientific organisation of medicinal product research.Events
Current Events of the AGAH
Read actual news about current activities of the AGAH. Participation pays off!
About us
What is the AGAH?
The Association for Applied Human Pharmacology (AGAH) focuses on exploratory medicinal product development and human pharmacological research
AGAH - Get to know us!
The Association for Applied Human Pharmacology (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Angewandte Humanpharmakologie e.V. - AGAH) as a specialist medical-academic organisation focuses on exploratory medicinal product development and human pharmacological research.
AGAH sees itself as an organisation for everyone dealing with clinical pharmacological test programs, studies in the target population in early-stage medicinal product development and translational topics.
Details
Working groups of AGAH
Focus of our work
Our work focuses on the conception and planning of clinical pharmacological trials, their approval and testing processes, as well as their practical implementation and evaluation. Apart from the traditional areas of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, it covers the inclusion of biomarkers in clinical trials and the consideration of statistical and pharmacometric methods in the planning and evaluation of trials.
Researchers and developers from universities, (bio)pharmaceutical industry, contract research organisations, authorities and ethics committees come together in the AGAH. The interfaces to the preclinical stage and the later phases of clinical trials are not excluded but consciously and actively integrated into our academic work.
Responsible for the people
We are conscious of our special responsibility, which comes with the implementation of research projects in humans, especially when the trial participants do not gain any personal benefit of participating in the trials – a particular type of ethical challenge, especially in the early phases of clinical trials.
High-quality research projects with particular attention paid to safety aspects are therefore most important for the people participating as test subjects in these trials, but also for the knowledge gained for subsequent application in treatment. As an academic organisation we strive to make a contribution here.
International context
We started our work as a national organisation over 25 years ago and have moved with the times – today research is international, cross-border and varied; for example, the AGAH is a founding member of EUFEMED (European Federation of Exploratory Medicines Development), a consortium of specialist organisations with the same orientation for discussing and promoting early-stage medicinal product development at a European level.
Progress through exchange, dialogue and cooperation - this is how AGAH sees itself today and in the future.
Partner organisations
Current events
-
28. April 2021 - 30. April 2021
EUFEMED Conference and 29th AGAH Annual Meeting 2021
Langenbeck-Virchow Haus, Berlin
AGAH e. V. Board information
It is a difficult time for all of us, the circumstances themselves are bearable for most of us, but for the Board of AGAH it is quite awkward to predict whether face-to-face conferences, meetings or workshops may be possible later this year.
TThe AGAH e. V. as a non-profit organization places particular value on the membership fees paid and manages them carefully. We have therefore come to the conclusion that the current coronavirus pandemic means that the economic risk of postponing the Annual General Meeting later this year is too high given the still unclear and complex situation.
We regret to inform you that the board of the AGAH e. V. has now made the decision that the 29th AGAH Annual Meeting 2020 will finally be cancelled and that we instead focus on the next joint meeting April 28 - 30, 2021 in Berlin.
The board of AGAH is discussing intensively how to realize workshops and discussion forums in the very near future and we do hope to develop innovative solutions together with the Regents of AGAH. Additional ideas, help, and support from the members are highly welcome as this is a tremendously difficult situation which comes along with quite a lot of work.
However, we are very optimistic that medical science and here especially intelligent early phase trials help finding solutions - a lot of our members are highly active in this field. Trusting on our innovative potential and the creativity and flexibility of all involved stakeholders we believe in good and hopefully affordable solutions for all of us.
Sincerely, please stay healthy and keep your distance!
6th May 2020