International Society of Pharmacovigilance 17th Annual Meeting Dear ISoP member, It gives me great pleasure to share with you the first issue of the ISoP Star newsletter for 2017.Half way through the year we have many activities and developments to report, but also many exciting events still to be enjoyed before the year ends. This year we have noted positive trends in the number of new members, Special Interest Groups and chapters as well as followers to the newly established ISoP Twitter account (@ISoPonline). The collaboration between ISoP and our official journal Drug Safety has been confirmed and strengthened. A new 3-year agreement was signed, an article providing the vision and strategy of the new ISoP Executive Committee was published and, as a new exclusive membership benefit, we are now introducing webinars with Nitin Joshi, editor of Drug Safety, on how to write good scientific articles for the journal.I encourage you to visit the ISoP website and Twitter account regularly to follow the latest ISoP news, since a lot is happening and you don’t want to miss the registration dates for any of our events. The meeting of the Executive Committee of ISoP was held just before our mid-year training course in Bangkok in May and the attached newsletter will inform you about some important developments which have arisen from that agenda. We have had a high number of good quality abstracts submitted for the Annual Meeting in Liverpool 15 – 18 October. Be inspired by the preliminary programme available at http://isop2017liverpool.org and make sure to register before it gets more expensive. I look forward to seeing you there and to discuss your ideas on how we can develop pharmacovigilance and our society further. Sten OlssonPresident________________________International Society of PharmacovigilanceISoP Secretariat Ltd140 Emmanuel roadLondon SW12 0HS, UKTel: +44 (0)20 3256 0027 Fax: +44 (0)20 3256 0027Mob: +44 (0)7773062841Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.www.isoponline.org The ISoP Star NEWS AND REPORTS FROM ISoP – No 34. July 2017NEWS AND REPORTS FROM ISoP – No 34. July 2017