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The UK Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor and Honorary Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society, Sir Patrick Vallance, has been appointed…

Several members of the British Pharmacological Society have been honoured in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday List for their achievements and contributions…

COVID-19

Originally published 2 December 2020

On 2 December 2020, the government announced that it accepted the Medicines Healthcare products Regulatory Agency…

Clinical pharmacology

The independent regulator of health and social care in England, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), has today published its new strategy, recognising…

EDI

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

COVID-19


 

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…

Blog

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Much of the research carried out by pharmacology students, including undergraduate dissertations, goes unnoticed by the wider student network. We…

By Leah Howie Archie Wallace

Reflections from the EPHAR Summer School - July 2026

This summer, I travelled to Ankara to attend the EPHAR (Federation of European…

By Charlotte Thomas

 

By Kenneth Bitrus David (Kaduna State University, Nigeria)

Kenneth Bitrus David is an educator and researcher with a strong interest in…

Pharmacology Matters

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

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The launch of a new preclinical training resource: the e-learning module on Sample Sizes and Statistical Power 

The British Pharmacological…

By Professor Clare Stanford Simon Bate

Publishing

By Catriona Waitt Josephine Nayiga Provia Ainembabazi Stephen Okoboi Barbara Castelnuovo

Dr Maheen Wahid is a medical doctor and final year PhD researcher at the University of Strathclyde. 

She completed an MBBS and MPhil in Pharmacology in…

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