IUPHAR bụ onye otu kemgbe 1972.
IUPHAR tọrọ ntọala na 1959 dị ka akụkụ nke International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) wee bụrụ ọgbakọ kwụụrụ onwe ya na 1965.
IUPHAR bụ ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo na-anaghị akwụ ụgwọ nke otu mba na-anọchite anya ndị ọkà mmụta ọgwụ nke mba ndị otu na ndị otu mpaghara. Ndị otu ugbu a gụnyere obodo 55 mba na-ahụ maka ọgwụ ọgwụ, ndị otu mpaghara ọgwụ na mpaghara dị iche iche nke ụwa na ọtụtụ ụlọ ọrụ sayensị ndị ọzọ nwere ebumnuche metụtara nke IUPHAR. IUPHAR na-anabatakwa ndị otu na ụlọ ọrụ. IUPHAR na-anọchite anya akụkụ niile nke nkà mmụta ọgwụ n'echiche ya sara mbara, site na usoro iwu ruo na nkà mmụta ọgwụ, n'ụwa nile.
IUPHAR bụ onye otu ISC, ma na-ekere òkè na ọrụ nke kọmitii sayensị ya. Otu a na-enweta nnabata mba ụwa, ọkachasị site na United Nations Educational and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO) na ọ bụ ọgbakọ na-abụghị nke gọọmentị na mmekọrịta gọọmentị na Healthtù Ahụ Ike (wa (WHO).
Ebumnuche ebumnuche nke IUPHAR bụ:
N'ịchụso ebumnuche ndị a, IUPHAR na-akwado usoro ọgbakọ ọgbakọ mba ụwa, na-ahazi njem nlegharị anya maka ndị ọkachamara na-eleta, mepụta mmemme nkuzi pụrụ iche, ma kwalite ọgwụ n'ime ụlọ ọrụ mba ụwa na mba ahọpụtara. Weebụsaịtị IUPHAR gụnyere ndị enyemaka nkuzi ọgwụ ọgwụ n'ọtụtụ asụsụ yana njikọ na usoro ọmụmụ ọgwụ n'ụwa niile.
Kọmitii IUPHAR na Nnabata Nomenclature na Drug Classification (NC-IUPHAR) ebipụtala usoro mpịakọta, gụnyere The IUPHAR Compendium of Receptor Characterization and Classification and The IUPHAR Compendium of Voltage-gated Ion Channels.