Dear colleagues, ageing of the world population is an issue of broad interest due to expected changes in health and social systems and economics of many countries all over the world. Older adults usually suffer from multiple chronic health problems and utilize more medicines, therefore rational, effective, and safe medication use in this population is a key issue also for future healthcare economies. For this reason, we decided to organize upcoming 2022 European Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy on the topic “Polypharmacy and ageing – opportunities for highly individualized, interprofessional, patient-centered care” and this event will be held from October 19 to 21, 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic in the Congress Venue and Hotel Olšanka.

Prague 2022 ESCP congress is the main annual event of the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP) and will remind us 50 years of organizations of ESCP congresses since foundation of the society in 1979. Through gradual and sustained growth of clinical pharmacy in many European countries, ESCP has currently members among healhcare practicioners, researchers, educators and collaborators from various pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical fields from over 50 countries all over the world and is a European leader in innovations in clinical pharmacy education, research and practice.

Professional program of the 2022 ESCP congress summarizes innovations particularly in geriatric clinical pharmacy, rational geriatric pharmacotherapy and geriatric pharmaceutical care in various settings of care and is rich of plenary lectures held by 40 excellent speakers-scientists presenting their speaches during plenary sessions and affiliated symposia,  35 workshop moderators running 15 professional workshops and full of presentations of various representatives of professional societies and policy makers participating in round table discussions on implementation of clinical pharmacy services from various countries and various settings of care.

316 active scientific contributions will be presented by scientists and clinicians- attendees of the congress from various European and non-European countries during Oral Communications, Poster Discussion Fora and Poster presentations. The plenary lectures and workshops will be published in e-Abstract book of the annual congress of Prague 2022 ESCP event and active presentations of all contributors will be printed in the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, the official Journal of the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy. For main congress program please click here.