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The Society, as part of the Clinical Pharmacology Skills Alliance (CPSA), today welcomes the UK-wide government vision -  Saving and improving lives:…

Female health

The Society is proud to be celebrating women in pharmacology this International Women’s Day by sharing stories and asking you to tell us about the…

Genetics/genomics

A pioneering treatment for acute hepatic porphyria – a rare genetic disorder of haem biosynthesis in which toxic molecules build up in the liver -…

Oncology

The Society has endorsed a new report from Cancer Research UK, which sets out how healthcare staff can be supported to conduct research. Embedding…

Council

Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed has been appointed by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care as Chair of the Commission on Human Medicines…

Policy statement

The Society welcomes the government’s commitment to developing a People and Culture Strategy as part of delivering the UK R&D roadmap, and is…

Council

We would like to warmly congratulate the following appointments commencing from 1 January 2021:

Council: 

  • Professor Ana Alfirevic, Elected Trustee…

Journals

The Society welcomes the announcement that Wiley, publisher of our journals, has updated its policy regarding author name changes with the aim of…

Report

Today, the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee published its report on “Ageing: Science, Technology and Healthy Living”,…

Press releases

Today, the UK government has accepted the Medicines Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) recommendation to approve Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine

Blog

Read the opinions, perspectives and insights from our members in the blog. 

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…

Pharmacology 2025: Working towards greener conferences

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

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…

Pharmacology Matters

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

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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