International Rational Use of Medicines Day will be held 7-8 July 2025. ISIUM is currently developing a number of resources for use by members and the wider rational use of medicines community. The theme this year is: Local action, global impact. Find out more here.
We are an independent nonprofit working to achieve the best use of medicines throughout the world.
We aim to inspire, encourage and empower people to work towards a better world in which we achieve the best use of medicines, giving medicines their rightful place in medical care.
ISIUM news
March newsletter now available!
The latest ISIUM newsletter is now available. This issue features: a profile of ISIUM member, Wilbert Bannenberg, a visionary for global access to medicines, a review of the International Conference on the Use of Medicines, which took place in Kazakstan, an article...
2023 ISIUM Conference proceedings now available
The 2023 ISIUM Conference was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The conference proceedings are now available. View conference proceedings
ISIUM conversations
ISIUM hosts a series of conversations – three or four each year – on topics of general interest to ISIUM members and the wider ISIUM community.
The general format for the conversations is for a short presentation to be given to ‘set the scene’, followed by a free flowing, but moderated, Q&A session.
ISIUM newsletters
ISIUM publishes two newsletters each year. These include articles on interesting and innovative projects and initiatives being undertaken around the world, profiles of individual members and their work, as well as any other important activities, meetings/webinars and papers being planned.
ISIUM conferences and other events
ISIUM hosts meetings and conferences. Read reports from previous meetings and conferences, including the last ISIUM Conference, which was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand on 28-30 October 2023.
What we do
The aim of the International Society to Improve the Use of Medicines (ISIUM) is to raise awareness and promote the best use of medicines throughout the world to improve health and the management of disease in human beings, including all situations that involve or affect health and the use of medicines in the wider environment.
We will champion change for best use of medicines in society at all levels by:
- Connecting – Establishing a platform to connect people of different backgrounds to share information
- Thinking – Analyse issues, develop and publish articles, identify and stimulate discussion
- Innovating – Invite enquiry into aspects of medicine to support the needs of people looking for previously unconsidered perspectives