News & Events

The meeting will be held at Fredrikinkatu 61 A 10. After the meeting, we will host a seminar with Anna Siira, Director of Marketing Authorisations, Fimea, who will speak on:
“Lääkealan ajankohtaisia näkymiä viranomaisen silmin”

The seminar will provide valuable insights into current developments in the pharmaceutical field, viewed from a regulatory authority perspective. Warm welcome!

This is early information about the event – official invitations and the detailed agenda will follow later.

The Finnish Pharmaceutical Society is pleased to share information about the upcoming conference “Computational and Medicinal Chemistry by the Lake 2026,” taking place in Kuopio, Finland, on 2–4 June 2026. Registration is now open!

The Finnish Pharmaceutical Society is pleased to announce the opening of the call for applications for travel grants and grants for organizing scientific meetings or conferences.
The application time for the grants is 1.1.-31.1.2026. Grants can be applied for (1) personal participation in scientific meetings and events, and (2) organizing a scientific meeting or conference. The travel grants (1) are primarily intended to support doctoral candidates conducting PhD studies.

The FinPharmSci 2025 event was held on Thursday, November 6, featuring excellent pitching presentations by PhD students, engaging research talks by grant recipients, and an inspiring keynote by the 2025 Albert Wuokko Award winner. During the event, the winners of the article award, honorary mentions, and master of pharmacy awards were also announced. Congratulations to all awardees, and thank you to everyone who participated!

The 15th PBP World Meeting, taking place from 23 to 26 March 2026, will be held in Prague, Czech Republic. The Finnish Pharmaceutical Society is supporting the organizers as a participating society and the members of the society are eligible for the member price of the registration. More information about the meeting can be found on the website of the meeting: https://worldmeeting.org/. Abstract submission ends on November 15!

The FinPharmSci 2025, the main networking event of the year, is organized on 6th of November, 2025. The society is also excited to launch a new pitching competition for PhD students as part of FinPharmSci 2025 event! The event is open to everyone working in the pharmaceutical sector in Finland — from early-career professionals to experienced researchers, educators, and industry experts across academia, healthcare, and regulatory fields.

The Finnish Pharmaceutical Society is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the “Most Outstanding Pharmaceutical Research Article” award. This award provides an opportunity for researchers to be recognized and honored for their valuable contributions to pharmaceutical sciences. The award is 500€, and the winner will be announced at the FinPharmSci 2025 event in November. Please send your nomination to arto.merivaara@uef.fi by September 26, 2025.

Weclome to FinPharmSci 2025 — the most important networking event for pharmaceutical sciences and research in Finland. The event is held in Helsinki on November 6th.

The annual meeting of the Finnish Pharmaceutical Society was held last Tuesday. In addition to the statutory topics, we were honored to invite former secretary, Professor Leena Peltonen, as an honorary member. Professor Peltonen served as the society's secretary for 18 years and has made a remarkable contribution to the society’s mission. Congratulations, Leena!

The Finnish Pharmaceutical Society is pleased to announce the opening of the call for applications for research grants. The grant application period is 1.5.-31.5.2025, and during the application period, personal grants can be applied for doctoral studies aiming at a PhD degree.