Dept. of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology
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History

The Department of Clinical Pharmacology was founded in 1968 as one of the first clinical pharmacology departments in Europe under the direction of Prof. Ellen H. G. Weber, MD. The main areas of activity at that time were adherence, adverse drug reactions, and bioequivalence. The equipment in the old Krehl Clinic consisted of a trial station and an analytical laboratory.

Today, the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, which is embedded in the context of the Center for Internal Medicine, has more than 60 employees from 14 disciplines. Among other facilities, it has an intermediate care ECTU (12 overnight places, 3 day hospital places), a state-of-the-art mass spectrometry park (UPLC-MS/MS, MALDI, DESI, hrTOF) and a specialized software development group. The main areas of activity have both deepened and diversified to include

  • early clinical trials (ECTU network)
  • electronic decision support (AiDKlinik, medical apps).
  • ultrasensitive drug analysis, one- and two-dimensional
  • medication safety / clinical pharmacy
  • Pharmacoepidemiology
1968
Foundation
1992
New leadership
1999
Expansion
2000
Advanced Training Authorization
2003
AiDKlinik
2004
New Premises
2005
Clinical Pharmacy
2006
Spin-off
2008
Quality Management
2009
Prescription Writing
2011
Campus Development
2012
Drug Analytics
2016
Dried Blood Spot
2019
paedKliPS
2021
ThoraxKliPS
2021
App-Development
2021
2d Printing
2022
Master's degree
1968

The Department of Clinical Pharmacology was founded in 1968 as one of the first clinical pharmacology departments in Europe under the direction of Prof. Ellen H. G. Weber, MD.

 
1992

After Prof. Weber's retirement, Prof. Dr. med. Ingeborg Walter-Sack will takes over the provisional management.

 
1999

Under the new Medical Director Prof. Dr. med. Walter E. Haefeli, the department develops into a clinically-oriented Clinical Pharmacology.

 
2000

Authorization for further training in the field of clinical pharmacology. This was followed by further training authorization in the field of drug information (2002) and for internal medicine (6 and 12 months) in 2015 and 2021, respectively.

 
2003

Development of an electronic drug information system with decision support (AiDKlinik).

 
2004

Move to new premises in the Medical Clinic with its own ward and a GCP-compliant clinical pharmacology study center (KliPS).

 
2005

Founding of the Cooperation Unit Clinical Pharmacy (in cooperation with the hospital pharmacy and IPMB) for medication safety on the Heidelberg campus

 
2006

Spin-off Dosing GmbH Heidelberg for market development of the electronic drug information system (AiDKlinik)
2008

Comprehensive quality management with certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001

 
2009

Development and implementation of an area-wide electronic prescription writing and certification from the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV) for the University Hospital Heidelberg

 
2011

Bulevirtide (Hepcludex®): First self-initiated first-in-human study of a Heidelberg University campus development.

 
2012

Development of femtomolar drug analysis for microdose studies.

 
2016

Dried blood spot technique for outpatient therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM).
2019

Establishment of a clinical pharmacology trial center network (KliPSnet) and expansion to include a pediatric clinical pharmacology trial center (paedKliPS).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
2021

Addition of a pneumological clinical pharmacological trial center in the Thorax Clinic (ThoraxKliPS) to KliPSnet .

 
2021

Development of an app as a certified medical device (www.easyDOAC.de)

 
2021

Clinical trials with first 2D-printed galenics (micro and macro dose).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
2022

Co-founding of part-time master's degree program in medication safety

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