The Safety Pharmacology Society (SPS) is an organization that focuses on safety pharmacology.
History The Safety Pharmacology Society was incorporated in 2000, at the time when the International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use was issuing ICH S7A, a regulatory guidance covering safety pharmacology, and drafting ICH S7B, which is more specific to potential effects of new drugs on cardiac repolarization."ICH Harmonised Tripartite Guideline for Safety Pharmacology Studies for Human Use". 8 November 2000. ICH S7B.
The Safety Pharmacology Society organizes an annual meeting in the fall, comprising invited speakers and posters.Redfern WS, Valentin J-P (2011). Trends in safety pharmacology: Posters presented at the annual meetings of the Safety Pharmacology Society 2001–2010. J Pharmacol. Toxicol. Methods 64: 102–110. This meeting has alternated between North America and Europe.
References