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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

COVID-19

In his closing address at the annual meeting of the British Pharmacological Society, Government Chief Scientific Advisor, Sir Patrick Vallance…

Prize

We are pleased to announce the 2020 winners of our undergraduate prizes.

Clinical Undergraduate Prize

Medical students, including intercalating…

Policy statement

Today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced £14.6 billion in funding for Research & Development to continue to establish the UK’s…

Journals

The British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology is delighted to announce that Prof Geert Jan Groeneveld (CHDR, The Netherlands) has been appointed as…

Blog

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

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…

Pharmacology Matters

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

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…

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