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This year’s list includes many life scientists working across healthcare, genetics and pharmaceuticals, including a BPS Honorary Fellow.

This 7th edition of the Concise Guide summarises the key pharmacological properties of around 1,900 human drug targets and nearly 7,000 interactions…

Members vote Professor Simon Maxwell as President-Elect for 2026-2028.

New appointments to our Council following the 2025 Annual General Meeting.

Prizes and awards

We are delighted to announce our new Fellows and Honorary Fellows for 2025. 26 Fellows have been elected and 17 Honorary Fellowships awarded. 

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Press releases

The British Pharmacological Society and the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology are proud to announce the publication of the UK’s first clinical…

Prizes and awards

A team from AstraZeneca has been named the winner of the 2025 Sir James Black Award by the British Pharmacological Society (BPS) for its development…

Press releases

You might have noticed things look a little different around here. We are pleased to welcome you to our newly redeveloped BPS website!

Press releases

The British Pharmacological Society is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Neha Issar-Brown as its new Chief Executive Officer. She will take up…

Prizes and awards

The Society is delighted to announce the 2025 winners of the Sir Colin Dollery Clinical Pharmacology Training Award.

 

Blog

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Despite 60 years having passed since his death on June 30th, 1965, the work of John Gaddum is no less relevant now than it was then. As a founding…

By James Higham

Pharmacology 2025: Working towards greener conferences

Conferences bring our scientific community together, but they also have an impact on the…

By Isabel Brinsden

Blink and it will be Pharmacology 2025!

Home to Queen’s University Belfast, this city is a hub for research and education in the pharmaceutical…

By Professor Mark Evans

Pharmacology Matters

Read the latest articles from Pharmacology Matters, the Society's free digital magazine. 

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Alan Daugherty completed a BSc in Pharmacology at Sunderland Polytechnic and received his PhD and DSc in Pharmacology from the University of Bath.…

Now Open: PharmaComedy Competition

Our first-ever PharmaComedy competition is now open – and the deadline is fast approaching!

This is your chance…

Undergraduate Pharmacology writing competition 2025/26

Now open: Undergraduate Pharmacology Writing Competition


Our first undergraduate…

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