The history of pharmacy is primarily concerned with the long-term evolution of the production and consumption of medicines. Drawing on traditions from a number of allied sciences such as the history of science, the history of medicine, economic history, cultural history and digital humanities it is an inherently interdisciplinary field of research. The aim of the chair is to carry out and stimulate research, and offer teaching in the history of the pharmaceutical sciences, the history of drug research and manufacturing, the history of the consumption of medicines, digital history of science, and the governance of controlled substances in society. Examples of the latter are controlled substances as part of sport doping, and the war on drugs.