History of Asia Pacific Federation of Pharmacologists

The Southeast Asia/Western Pacific Regional Meeting of Pharmacologists (SEA/WP-RMP) was founded in 1976. Dr. M.K. Sim (Associate Professor, Singapore University) played a key role in foundation of the SEA/WP-RMP, the purpose of which was to promote Pharmacological Sciences in this region, namely to raise the level of Pharmacological Education and to stimulate Pharmacological Research in developing countries in Southeast Asia/Western Pacific region. Professor Mike J. Rand (Melbourne University, Australia) and Professor Koroku Hashimoto (Tohoku University School of Medicine, Japan) fully agreed with the idea of Dr. Sim and acted as the President and Vice-President of the Society, respectively.

Professors Hashimoto and Rand served as the first two presidents of the Federation (from 1976-2001). The Federation held its first Regional Scientific Meeting, under the auspices of the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR; www.iuphar.org), in Singapore in 1976. Statutes were drafted and adopted during the 8th Regional Meeting (Taipei, 1999), and the SEAWP-RFP was formally affiliated with IUPHAR in 2001.

Founders of APFP

Professor M.K. Sim (Singapore)
Professor Koroku Hashimoto (Japan)
Professor Michael Rand (Australia)