Standard drugs and drug standards
A comparative historical study of pharmaceuticals in the 20th century
News
The first ESF DRUGS Preprint Circulation of Antibiotics: Journeys of Drug Standards, 1930-1970 is now available. Download it here.
Harmonizing Drugs. Standards in 20th Century Pharmaceutical History Edited by Christian Bonah, Christophe Masutti, Anne Rasmussen and Jonathan Simon. The volume based on our opening conference in Strasbourg is ready.
Evaluating and Standardizing Therapeutic Agents, 1890-1950, Edited by: Christoph Gradmann, Jonathan Simon is now available. Order here.
Ways of Regulating: Therapeutic Agents between Plants, Shops, and Consulting Rooms. Eds. Jean Paul Gaudillière and Volker Hess (=Preprint 363). Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin 2008.
Activities
Forthcoming activities
Past activities
Workshop: Drugs, Living Things and the Problems of Standardization
ESF Research Networking Program DRUGS
Workshop 25-27 March 2010
Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
Organised by the ESF DRUGS network, Group Biologicals
Workshop (27-28 November 2009, Manchester)
Drugs, Standards, and Chronic Illness
Workshop Antibiotics (16-18 June 2009, Madrid)
Circulation of Antibiotics: Journeys of Drug Standards, 1930-1970
Organization : A. Romero
Workshop (21-23 May 2009, Barcelona)
Innovation Economy and History of Science and Technology. The Making of the Contemporary Pharmaceutical Research System.
Worshop Psychochemicals (23-24 April 2009, Utrecht)
Organization : S. Snelders, A. Blankesteijn
The Opening Conference (4-5.12.2008)
The opening conference will be held at Strasbourg, the 4-5.12.2008. Agenda will coming soon.
Day 1 morning - Communications on DRUGS topics
Day 1 afternoon - thematic working groups
Day 2 morning - Teams meetings (5): discussion around the workshop of 2009
Day 2 afternoon - final conferences (end at 4:00 pm)
Preparatory workshop of the Team 4 'psychochemical' (19.09.2008)
Agenda: presentation of participants and researches, management of the Team, publications, organization of the first workshop in Utrecht (23-25 April 2009).
First Program Meeting (14.03.2008)
Meeting of representatives of local groups at Strasbourg
Agenda: presentation of ESF, aims and objectives of the program, report on the Steering Committee meeting, shedule 2008, working plan, publicity, database, publications, Postgraduate/postdoctoral program 2008, travel grants, the opening conference. See the Minutes
First Steering Committee meeting (13.03.2008)
Meeting at Strasbourg and official launch of the program.
Agenda : election of chair and program coordinator, budget and planning of activities 2008, Postgraduate/postdoctoral program 2008, travel grants, publicity, management of the Research Network. See the Minutes