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Update: We received a number of excellent applications to join the group. However, we are still looking for at least one undergraduate/postgraduate…

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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued new advice, concluding a possible link between the Oxford-AstraZeneca…

Prescribing

Today, 5 April 2021, updated guidance on good practice in prescribing and managing medicines and devices, published by the General Medical Council…

Policy / regulation

In its recent spending review, the government announced investment of £14.6 billion in R&D in 2021-22, building on commitments to increase public R&D…

The British Pharmacological Society have partnered with Zinc Media to produce a series of complementary and informative films. These films will…

Cardiovascular

The Society welcomes publication of the Scottish Government’s new ‘Heart disease: action plan’. The action plan sets out the Government’s priorities…

Press releases

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…

Blog

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Part 2: PGx is the study of how genetic variations influence a person’s response to medicines, being efficacy or safety. The goal of CERSI-PGx, led…

The CERSI-PGx Initiative – A New Chapter for BPS 

What is CERSI-PGx? 

Genomics: Shaping the Future of Healthcare 

The UK’s Ten-Year Health Plan and…

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 Matters

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

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Finding My Research Direction: A Young Palestinian Pharmacologist’s Journey to a PhD.

I am originally a refugee from Jerusalem, now living in Jericho…

Emma is a PhD student in cancer pharmacology at Newcastle University. She graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science from the University of…

🏆 Pharmacomedy Competition 2026 – Results Announcement

We are delighted to share the results of the 2026 Pharmacomedy competition, which ran from…

By Graeme Henderson Alistair Corbett

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