Do you want to visit Prague, share scientific content, meet friends and colleagues face to face, and expand your knowledge? Attend the 20th IATDMCT Congress!

Registration is open! Click here for details!

Abstract submission is open! A reminder that abstract submission closes on 28 February 2022.

TRAVEL GRANTS
If you are a scientist with 10 years or less experience in the field of TDM or clinical toxicology, or a scientist from a developing country (see IATDMCT membership application information) you may consider to apply. More information on eligibility requirements and the application process can be found at www.iatdmct.org/awards/international-travel-grant.html.

According to the policy, IATDMCT will offer a number of travel grants—for up to US$1,000 each—to attend the IATDMCT meeting in Prague, Czech Republic.
• Applications for Travel Grants close 30 April 2022.

Join us in maintaining the IATDMCT membership at a high level!

We are proud to announce that there were 638 members in 2021. We look forward to inspiring many further colleagues who share with us the idea of an optimized and personalized drug treatment to join us in IATDMCT.

Please ensure you renew your membership in order to retain your IATDMCT member benefits. Members who renew their membership for two years will receive a 10% discount on membership fees!

›› Click here to renew today

New Campaign Deadline: August 31, 2022

Dear colleagues,

This year we need your help for the ever-growing influence of the International Association of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology. We ask every member to convince at least one colleague to join the IATDMCT. Let your colleagues and friends know about the association and persuade them to engage in a rewarding experience with us. One step at the time, let’s build a strong partnership together!

Joining IATDMCT is a fruitful experience particularly for early career scientists who can develop a professional network, benefit from prizes, and join the energizing Young Scientist Committee. They can join at low membership fees.

The member-get-a-member campaign is up and running!

As usual the top recruiter (with at least 50%-paying members) will gain a free registration for the IATDMCT Congress 2022 in Prague.

Visit the IATDMCT webpage for complete participation details!

Dear colleagues,

The Editors of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring are announcing the development of a Special Issue of the Journal dedicated to the pioneering work of Professor Charles Pippenger, the founder of our Journal, who passed away last year. The theme of said Issue will be “Innovations in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring”. Appreciated are original manuscripts, opinion papers as well as critical reviews on emerging technologies and approaches in the field of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring. All of you are invited to submit your high-quality work by June 30.

To allow the proper allocation of your submission, please mention the Special Issue “Innovations in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring” in your cover letter of the submission.

We are looking forward to receiving many exciting manuscripts!

Dr. Yoko Urashima, PhD is a Lecturer at Laboratory of Clinical Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Ohtani University (Japan).

Welcome to this team and thank you for your support!!

We now have an institutional page on LinkedIn!

Click here to access the page!

We will invite you the survey about our website and social media. Please give us your feedback. Your opinion is very important to us and will enable us to improve our services for members.

Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K8G87ZS

Deadline to submit your feedback is Tuesday February 22.

Join us to hear about the latest science on anti-infective TDM from leading experts in the field. The meeting will take place Wednesday & Thursday, March 16 & 17, 2022, 6pm-9:30pm (UTC-3). The event is free, but registration is required.

Registration and further information: click here

The Communication Committee would like to inform the membership that advertisements for professional positions (Ph.D. and Post-Doc job opportunities) in the field of TDM/CT, will be published in the E-news instead of on the IATDMCT website. Please e-mail the office with the advertisement for the position and it will be published in an upcoming monthly E-news. (IATDMCT office email: info@iatdmct.org)

Some of our members are currently conducting clinical tests for COVID-19 and/or trying to introduce new biomarkers to monitor recovery. Certainly it is our duty to continue also the routine work. Keep safe.

Below please find informative links about the current situation, which specifically addresses the rapid identification of COVID-19 cases as well as adverse reactions due to interaction of drugs:

The IATDMCT website provides a list of COVID-19 resources: https://iatdmct.org/rss/7-news/556-covid-19-resources.html

IATDMCT and The French Society for Pharmacology will organize, in June 2022, an onsite symposium and virtual meeting at Rennes University Hospital in France. This will be an international symposium.

The registration is free!

To register: download this pdf and link with the QR code, or click here for the online registration form.

For more information please e-mail: pharmaco.rennes@gmail.com.

We have something really special this month: one of our members, Nicolas Picard, has recently transformed into a comic book character in order to tell us the history of Pharmacology. Nicolas is joined in his adventures by Vrob, an illustrator and former pharmacist, and together they travel the world, through space and time, as well as a myriad of pop culture references.

Read more

Stay ahead with the latest scientific research developments in the fields of TDM and CT!

The monthly Therapeutic Drug Monitoring column provides you with the latest posts of ahead-of-print. Bringing to you articles posted online on January 28, 2022:

Review Article:

• Dose-related Reference Range as a Tool in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
  By Haen, Ekkehard.

Original Articles:

• Serum or Plasma for Quantification of Direct Oral Anticoagulants?
  By Rachel, Aakerøy; Stokes, Charlotte L.; Marija, Tomić; Solfrid, Hegstad; Helen, Kristoffersen Ann; Hanne, Ellekjær; Jan, Schjøtt; Olav, Spigset; Arne, Helland.
• ITPA and NUDT15 are Good Predictors of Clinical Outcomes in Thiopurine-Treated Chinese Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
  By Luo, Xuemei; Yan, Simin; Jin, Lu; Zhu, Huaijun; Ge, Weihong; Zhang, Xiaoqi.
• Everolimus Concentration in Saliva to Predict Stomatitis: A Feasibility Study in Cancer Patients.
  By Laura, Molenaar-Kuijsten; Verheijen, Remy B.; Jacobs, Bart A.W.; Bas, Thijssen; Hilde, Rosing; Dorlo, Thomas P.C.; Beijnen, Jos H.; Neeltje, Steeghs; Huitema, Alwin D.R.
• Drug-Drug Interactions with Cyclosporine in the anti-Hepatitis C Viral PrOD combination regimen of Paritaprevir/Ritonavir-Ombitasvir and Dasabuvir in Organ Transplant Recipients with severe hepatic fibrosis or Cirrhosis.
  By Huang, Ying-Yu; Huang, Yu-Hsuan; Wu, Tsai-Hung; Loong, Che-Chuan; Hsu, Chia-Chen; Chou, Yueh-Ching; Chang, Yuh-Lih.

Short Communication:

• Development and Validation of a Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) Assay for the Determination of Total and Unbound Ciprofloxacin Concentrations in Human Plasma.
  By de Vroom, Suzanne L.; Pistorius, Marcel C.M.; Bijleveld, Yuma A.; Geerlings, Suzanne E.; Mathôt, Ron A.A.; van Hest, Reinier M.; Jager, Nynke G.L.

Grand Rounds:

• A PATIENT WITH SEPSIS-INDUCED MULTIORGAN FAILURE AND INCREASING SERUM METHADONE CONCENTRATION A Case Study.
  By Dale, Gro Helen; Holmaas, Gunhild; Berg, Jon A.; Riedel, Bettina; Schjøtt, Jan; Bjånes, Tormod K.

Letters to the Editor:

• Cardiac arrest following unsuspected self-poisoning with doxylamine.
  By Gomila, Isabel; Socias, Antonia; Socias, Lorenzo; Gutierrez, Leticia; Ripoll, Tomas; Alarcón, Francisco Javier; García, Ana Belén.
• Gentamicin Assay Considering Both Analytical and Clinical Guidelines: a Square Peg in a Round Hole – Letter to the Editor.
  By Marin, Clémence; Cohen, Sabine; Bargoin, Bernadette; Lacaille, Louis; Launay, Manon.

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The Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists (CSCC) will take place June 5-8 in Niagara Falls, Canada.

Deadline for abstracts, roundtable proposals, and non-industry workshop proposals is February 28, 2022. Click here to learn more!

The annual Charles Lieber Satellite Symposium will take place June 23.

RSA-2022 Meeting, June 24-29, Orlando, Florida, USA

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Co-editor: Ryuji Kato
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NOTE: Items appearing in the IATDMCT monthly E-News do not necessarily have the endorsement of the Association.