The aim of this symposium is to highlight differences between men and women regarding the occurrence of various diseases and responses to drug treatment. For this purpose, we have invited representatives of various clinical specialities in Medicine and Surgery, Clinical Pharmacology and Neuroscience.
The symposium is arranged by The National Committee of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience in collaboration with the Stockholm County Drug Therapeutic Committees.
Programme:
Marjorie Jenkins, Professor of Medicine, FDA Office of Women’s Health, USA
Karin Schenck-Gustafsson, Senior Professor of Cardiology, Karolinska Institutet
Mikael Landén, Professor of Psychiatry, Sahlgrenska Akademin
Rebecka Hultgren, Associate Professor of Surgery, Karolinska Institutet
Mia von Euler, Associate Professor of Neurology, Karolinska Institutet, Chair of the Stockholm Expert Council of Neurological Diseases
Claes Held, Associate Professor of Cardiology, Uppsala University
15.00 Reported sex differences in studies on analgesic drugs
Carl-Olav Stiller, Associate Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Chair of the Stockholm Expert Council of Analgesic Drugs
Linnea Karlsson-Lind, MScPharm, PhD-student, Karolinska Institutet
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