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From cradle to cane—(Dis)similarities between paediatric and geriatric clinical pharmacology: A commentary arising from the 2024 International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR) World Smart Medication Day

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR) initiated the World Smart Medication Day in 2021 to raise awareness on safer and more effective use of drugs. The IUPHAR World Smart Medication Day is specifically targeted at students and early career researchers, to help foster clinical pharmacology development. It has covered aspects related to drug safety, pandemics, pharmacogenomics and precision medicine and—most recently in 2024—clinical pharmacology at the extremes of age: from cradle to cane [...]

Source: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

DOI: 10.1002/bcp.70092

Authors: Karel Allegaert, Sarah N. Hilmer