ISoP's 15th annual meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, in October 2015 had an unusual theme – Cubism in Pharmacovigilance, inspired by the Czech cubism movement in the early 1900s.

The WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring marked 50 years of progress last year – at the home base with its biggest-ever annual meeting.

It was themed as “new opportunities for new generations”, and the 19th Annual Meeting of ISoP lived up to that billing with the announcement of its leadership election results.

This year, the Spanish pharmacovigilance system turns 40. This time has seen much success, with plans on sustaining that success in the coming four decades.