ISoP Latin American Chapter Symposia
The 8th ISoP Latin American Symposium takes place in São Paulo, Brazil, from 3 to 5 August 2027. Organised by the ISoP Latin American Chapter, it brings together around 350 pharmacovigilance professionals from across the region and beyond.
Over three days, the programme combines plenary lectures, parallel scientific sessions, workshops and poster presentations. Delegates come from the pharmaceutical industry, regulatory authorities, academia, hospitals, CROs and service providers, technology and data companies, international organisations and patient groups.
Publish your work. Accepted abstracts are published in Drug Safety, the leading international journal in pharmacovigilance (impact factor above 4). The call for abstracts is open to all, including exhibitors.
Who you will meet
• Regulatory authorities and policymakers from Latin America
• The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC)
• ISoP Global and NASOP
• Pharmaceutical companies, from small and mid-sized firms to multinationals
• CROs, service providers, data scientists and solution developers
• Academic institutions, opinion leaders, pharmacologists and epidemiologists
• Healthcare professionals and patient organisations
Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Promoting Pharmacovigilance in Latin America”
Held at the Argentine Medical Association in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 2–3, 2014, and organized by Prof. Luis Alesso and Raquel Herrera Comoglio.
São Paulo, Brazil
Held at the School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo, Brazil, on September 10–11, 2015, chaired by Prof. Luis Alesso. The scientific program, coordinated by Raquel Herrera Comoglio, balanced the fundamentals and practice of pharmacovigilance with the latest challenges in the regulation and use of medicines.
Bogotá, Colombia
Held at Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá, Colombia, on August 25–26, 2016, chaired by the Latin American Chapter President, Prof. Luis Alesso. The scientific program, coordinated by Raquel Herrera Comoglio, focused on the current state of pharmacovigilance in the region, medication errors, and the local implementation and results of risk management plans.
Mexico City, Mexico
Held on December 5–6, 2017, at Hospital Ángeles Acoxpa in Mexico City. The program covered the importance of pharmacovigilance in public health, educational strategies for pharmacovigilance in universities, pharmacovigilance studies, global and local risk management plans, increasing and improving spontaneous reporting, pharmacovigilance from the patient's perspective, and pharmacovigilance of biotherapeutics, among other topics.
São Paulo, Brazil
Successfully held at the School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo on October 29–30, 2018. Topics included pharmacovigilance and public health, pharmacovigilance in universities, signal detection, risk management plans in Latin America, and challenges in biotherapeutics and registries, among others.
Cartagena, Colombia
Held on August 28–30, 2023. For the first time, it included a workshop on real-world risk management plans, in which participants proposed risk management plans guided by subject-matter experts. Technical working groups also discussed issues central to the growth of pharmacovigilance in Latin America and proposed short- and medium-term solutions.
Merida, Mexico
Held in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, under the theme “Driving Pharmacovigilance Innovation in Latin America”.
São Paulo, Brazil
