History of the Prescription Bottle

AIHP Thanks National Association Sponsors

• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Patron ($10,000)
• Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, Donor ($5,000)
• American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Donor ($5,000)
• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy,  Contributor ($2,500)
• American Pharmacists Association,  Contributor ($2,500)
• Board of Pharmacy Specialties,  Contributor ($2,500)
• National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, Contributor ($2,500)

AIHP Wants to Document Your COVID-19 Stories and Experiences

The American Institute of the History of Pharmacy is documenting and preserving pharmacy stories and experiences during the COVID-19 global pandemic for the benefit of future historians and scholars. We seek to record the effects of this public health emergency on all types of pharmacy experiences. We invite you to share your pharmacy stories, photos, videos, artifacts, and other documentation of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

You can participate in the AIHP COVID-19 Pandemic Pharmacy Historical Documentation Project either (1) by immediately sharing your thoughts/experiences and/or submitting digital materials or (2) by signifying your to intention to submit materials in the future. Please comply with all applicable local or state stay-at-home orders while self-documenting.

Please click the link below to learn more about participating in the AIHP COVID-19 Pandemic Pharmacy Historical Documentation Project.

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Calendar of Events

Upcoming events of interest to historians of pharmacy, pharmaceuticals, medicines, science, and related fields. (Event information current when posted. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, please double-check the status of all events): 

21-28 August 2022: 23rd International Congress of Historical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.

7-10 September 2022: 45th International Congress for the History of Pharmacy, Milan, Italy.

15-18 September 2022: 48th Congress of the International Society for the History of Medicine, Iasi, Romania.

18-22 September 2022: 80th FIP (International Pharmaceutical Federation) World Congress, Seville, Spain.

15-18 October 2022: American College of Clinical Pharmacy Global Conference on Clinical Pharmacy, San Francisco, California.

10 November 2022: AIHP Annual Members Meeting, Online.