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Undergraduate Prize Winners 2023

04 Dec 2023

Announcing the 2023 winners of our undegraduate prizes.

2023 Fellows and Honorary Fellows

28 Nov 2023

Announcing the 29 Fellows and nine Honorary Fellows for 2023.

Recipient of the Geoffrey Burnstock Prize

24 Nov 2023

We are delighted to announce the winner of the innaugral Geoffrey Burnstock Prize.

New doctors should pass a prescribing skills test before they qualify to improve safety for patients.

09 Nov 2023

A recent review of the UK Prescribing Safety Assessment exam, and a subsequent paper in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, highlight the way in which the exam could improve patient safety when prescribing.

In memoriam: Professor David Brown

30 Oct 2023

Former Head of Pharmacology at University College London, passes away.

Cardiovascular drug mavacamten awarded Drug Discovery of the Year Award 2024

18 Oct 2023

A team from Bristol Myers Squibb are the winners of the 2024 Sir James Black Drug Discovery of the Year Award, with their drug mavacamten for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Winners announced for Student Contribution to Pharmacology Prize 2023 

16 Oct 2023

We are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Student Contribution to Pharmacology Prize.  

British Pharmacological Society leads the UK Pharmacogenetics & Stratified Medicine Network

11 Oct 2023

Since its launch in 2010, the UK Pharmacogenetics & Stratified Medicine Network (UKPGx) has grown in membership and impact. The British Pharmacological Society will now lead the Network to help manage the larger membership and support further development of opportunities and collaborations.

2023 Winners announced for Sir Colin Dollery Clinical Pharmacology Training Award

26 Sep 2023

The Society is delighted to announce its 2023 recipients of the Sir Colin Dollery Clinical Pharmacology Training Award.

Trustee positions open for applications, including President-Elect 

24 Aug 2023

Applications are open to become the next President-elect for the Society, as well as opportunities to join Council as the Industry Trustee and Clinical Trustee.