IUPHAR ya kasance memba tun 1972.
An kafa IUPHAR a cikin 1959 a matsayin sashe na Ƙungiyar Kimiyyar Jiki ta Duniya (IUPS) kuma ta zama ƙungiya mai zaman kanta a cikin 1965.
IUPHAR ƙungiya ce ta sa-kai, mai zaman kanta ta ƙungiyoyin ƙasa da ke wakiltar masana harhada magunguna na ƙasashe mambobi da ƙungiyoyin yanki. Kasancewar memba na yanzu ya haɗa da ƙungiyoyin ilimin harhada magunguna na ƙasa 55, ƙungiyoyin ilimin harhada magunguna na yanki a sassa daban-daban na duniya da sauran ƙungiyoyin kimiyya da dama waɗanda ke da burin da suka shafi na IUPHAR. IUPHAR kuma tana karɓar abokan tarayya da membobin kamfanoni. IUPHAR tana wakiltar duk fannonin ilimin harhada magunguna a cikin ma'anarta mafi fa'ida, daga ka'idar zuwa ilimin likitanci, a duk duniya.
IUPHAR memba ne na ISC, kuma yana shiga cikin ayyukan kwamitocin kimiyya. Kungiyar ta samu karbuwa daga kasashen duniya musamman hukumar kula da ilimi da kimiya ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UNESCO) kuma kungiya ce mai zaman kanta a huldar hukuma da Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya (WHO).
Manufofin manufa na IUPHAR sune:
Don cimma waɗannan manufofin, IUPHAR tana ɗaukar nauyin taron majalissar ƙasa da ƙasa, tana shirya balaguro don ziyartar furofesoshi, ƙirƙirar shirye-shiryen koyarwa na musamman, da haɓaka ilimin harhada magunguna a cikin zaɓaɓɓun hukumomin ƙasa da ƙasa. Gidan yanar gizon IUPHAR ya haɗa da mataimakan koyar da ilimin harhada magunguna a cikin yaruka da yawa da haɗin kai zuwa tsarin karatun likitanci a duk duniya.
Kwamitin IUPHAR akan Mai karɓar Nomenclature da Drug Classification (NC-IUPHAR) ya buga jerin kundin, ciki har da IUPHAR Compendium na Mai karɓar Halaye da Rarrabawa da IUPHAR Compendium na Voltage-gated Ion Channels.