School of Pharmacy

Study discovers why leading gout medication is ineffective for many

Tue Jul 14, 2015

Spiked rods of uric acid crystals from synovial fluid photographed under a microscope with polarized light. In patients with gout, such crystals can accumulate in the joints, causing pain and inflammation.

Allopurinol, the first-choice medication for treating gout—an excruciatingly painful condition that is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, afflicts more than eight million Americans, and is on the rise worldwide—is not fully effective in more than half of patients.

California’s SB 493 implementation:  Three, two, one … blast-off!

Wed Jul 8, 2015

Sali named associate dean of research

Tue Jun 30, 2015

Andrej Sali, PhD

Andrej Sali, PhD, has been appointed associate dean of research of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, effective July 1, 2015. The appointment is in addition to Sali’s full professorship in the School’s Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences.

Study discovers simple rules underlying complex brain development in fly

Mon Jun 29, 2015

Langen et al. / Cell 2015

A fruit fly’s compound eye contains 800 prism-like facets whose six distinct photoreceptor cells capture light coming in from different angles in space. These signals must all find their way to different spots in the fly brain’s visual map of the world.

How does brain circuitry organize itself during development? In at least one case—the seemingly complex visual system of the fruit fly, which connects its 800-facet compound eyes to its brain—the answer lies in just three simple rules.

Taking a road less traveled: 2015 Distinguished Alumnus Pamela Schweitzer

Mon Jun 29, 2015

RADM Pamela Schweitzer, PharmD ’87

The 2015 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year is Rear Admiral Pamela Schweitzer, PharmD ’87. The recognition by the Pharmacy Alumni Association is given to the School graduate who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of pharmacy, to society, and/or to UCSF.

A new California law widens the power of pharmacists, allowing them to prescribe contraceptives and other drugs directly to patients

Mon Jun 29, 2015

School of Pharmacy

Study discovers why leading gout medication is ineffective for many

California’s SB 493 implementation:  Three, two, one … blast-off!

Sali named associate dean of research

Study discovers simple rules underlying complex brain development in fly

Taking a road less traveled: 2015 Distinguished Alumnus Pamela Schweitzer

A new California law widens the power of pharmacists, allowing them to prescribe contraceptives and other drugs directly to patients

StartX, QB3 partnership targets biotech startups in Palo Alto accelerator

New Palo Alto lab for life science startups

What are some of the leading life science incubators?

CVS Caremark changes its name to CVS Health

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