IUPHAR wakhala membala kuyambira 1972.
IUPHAR idakhazikitsidwa mu 1959 ngati gawo la International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) ndipo idakhala bungwe lodziyimira palokha mu 1965.
IUPHAR ndi bungwe lodzifunira, lopanda phindu la mabungwe apadziko lonse omwe akuimira akatswiri azamankhwala a mayiko omwe ali mamembala ndi mabungwe amchigawo. Umembala wapano ukuphatikiza mabungwe 55 azamankhwala azachipatala, mabungwe azachipatala am'madera osiyanasiyana padziko lapansi ndi mabungwe ena angapo asayansi omwe ali ndi zolinga zokhudzana ndi za IUPHAR. IUPHAR imavomerezanso anzawo ndi mamembala akampani. IUPHAR imayimira mbali zonse za pharmacology m'lingaliro lake lonse, kuchokera ku chiphunzitso mpaka ku zamankhwala azachipatala, padziko lonse lapansi.
IUPHAR ndi membala wa ISC, ndipo amatenga nawo mbali pantchito zamakomiti ake asayansi. Mgwirizanowu umalandira kuvomerezedwa padziko lonse lapansi, makamaka ndi United Nations Educational and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO) ndipo ndi bungwe lomwe si laboma lomwe limagwirizana ndi World Health Organisation (WHO).
Zolinga za IUPHAR ndi:
Pokwaniritsa zolingazi, IUPHAR imathandizira mikangano yapadziko lonse lapansi, imakonzekera maulendo oyendera aphunzitsi oyendera, imapanga mapulogalamu apadera ophunzitsira, ndikulimbikitsa sayansi ya zamankhwala m'mabungwe osankhidwa apadziko lonse lapansi ndi mayiko. Webusayiti ya IUPHAR imaphatikizapo zophunzitsira za pharmacology m'zilankhulo zingapo komanso maulalo a maphunziro azachipatala padziko lonse lapansi.
IUPHAR Committee on Receptor Nomenclature and Drug Classification (NC-IUPHAR) yafalitsa mabuku angapo, kuphatikizapo The IUPHAR Compendium of Receptor Characterization and Classification and The IUPHAR Compendium of Voltage-gated Ion Channels.