From 24 July to 13 October Olga Teplytska was on a research stay at the Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology (University of Florida) working with the research group of Prof. Dr. Stephan Schmidt. During her stay, she gained a lot of insights and hands-on experience in various modeling techniques. Her research stay was funded with a Santander International Exchange Grant. We thank the Schmidt group for this amazing opportunity!

With 96.2 %, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Jaehde was elected by the members of the German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG) as President for the years 2024-2027.

Dr. Ronja Woltersdorf received the teaching award of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences from the Dean of Studies, Prof. Dr. Michael Meier, at the Faculty's celebration in the Botanical Garden on July 5th, 2023. In his laudation, Prof. Meier praised Ronja Woltersdorf's outstanding commitment to the design and development of her courses in Clinical Pharmacy. He particularly emphasised her commitment to interprofessional teaching of pharmacy and medical students. We warmly congratulate our colleague on this award and wish her continued joy in teaching!

On May 6th, 2023, Lars Wismar received the ADKA training project award "Diploma" for his diploma thesis with the title "Verbesserte Arzneimitteltherapiesicherheit parenteraler Arzneimittelapplikation durch den Einsatz von Smart-Infusionssystemen – Untersuchung des Status quo und Entwicklung eines Standardisierungskonzepts in Deutschland". The work was carried out at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the University Hospital of Dresden in cooperation with the Pharmaceutical Institute of the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. We congratulate our colleague on this award and wish him continued success!

On April 24th, 2023 we celebrated the successful defense of Maximilian Günther of his PhD thesis "Symptom burden in cancer patients: Assessment of medication risks and development of disease-specific PRO instruments". The whole team congratulates him and thanks him for the wonderful time we spent together.

On February 22nd, 2023, Eduard Schmulenson completed his PhD thesis on "Pharmacometric Modelling of Fluoropyrimidines" with distinction. The entire team congratulates him and thanks him for the wonderful time we spent together.

Tablets and capsules instead of infusions - this is a trend in the treatment of certain cancers, because it facilitates administration. However, the patients are now responsible for the correct intake of their medication. The universities of Bonn and Cologne, together with the Oskar-Helene-Heim in Berlin, are investigating how well the patients cope in the interdisciplinary cooperation project AMIKO. German Cancer Aid (Deutsche Krebshilfe) is funding the project with more than 330,000€ over the next three years.

Drugs can help with many diseases - but the more of them you need, the more important it is to coordinate their intake. As this is not an easy task, it requires highly qualified specialists from a wide range of professions. A new master's programme at the universities of Bonn, Heidelberg and Tübingen aims to do just that - the interdisciplinary medication safety course will start in the winter semester of 2022/23 and can be completed besides work. The universities will receive around 300,000€ from the German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) to set up the course. The Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Bonn is in charge.