European City of Science 2022. – 1-3 June 2022 in Leiden

We are proud and happy to announce that the combined FIGON Dutch Medicines Days and EUFEPS Annual Meeting will take place from 1-3 June 2022 in Leiden – The European City of Science 2022.

The program will include parallel sessions organized by our FIGON and EUFEPS Networks as well as other leading European science networks/research consortiums.

The aim of the combined conference is to bring together people from all over the world who are involved in pharmaceutical sciences in order to exchange the latest results, experiences, and information and to build communication and collaboration at regional and global scales. Another aim is to provide inspiring lectures focused on this years theme “Boosting sustainable drug development in Europe – Top science below sea level

In total, we plan to hold this combined conference with prominent plenary speakers, invited session speakers short flash presentations selected among the abstracts and our Life Science & Health Career Event.

The FIGON PhD Student Competition, Best Poster Award, Ariëns Award Lecture, EUFEPS WIPS Women in Pharmaceutical Sciences Award and EUFEPS presidential Distinction Award will be presented during the awards ceremony.

Hope to meet you in Leiden June 1-3, 2022.

Prof. dr. Anke-Hilse Maitland van der Zee, FIGON President
Prof. Dieter Steinhilber, EUFEPS President

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The Life Science & Health Career Event will be hosted combined with the Welcome Reception of the FIGON Dutch Medicines Days & EUFEPS Annual Meeting 2022.


During the evening there will be four main activities during an evening with food, drinks andLive DJ Performance: The Information Market / Workshops / One-on-one conversationsand the guest lecture of Prof. dr. Nico van Meeteren.

Are you a newly graduate looking for your first job, a (young) professional looking for the next step in your career or simply interested in enhancing your career? Join our LSH Career Event on Wednesday June 1.


Watch and share our promo video below for more information about invited keynotes speakers, call for abstracts and our Life Science & Health Career Event


Call for abstracts

If you want to present you study, you may submit your abstract. You can easily upload your abstracts through the submission page.

Abstracts in the correct format will be evaluated by the organizing & scientific committee.​ Please read the abstract guidelines carefully.

Deadline abstract submission: May 1, 2022 (23:99 CEST)

Acceptance notification
All abstracts received by the indicated deadline will be evaluated by the organizing- & scientific committee. The submitting author will receive a confirmation of acceptance for oral presentation, poster presentation, or a notice of rejection, by email in the first week of May.

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