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Today, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) publishes its Clinical Trials Report for 2020, highlighting that the UK has…

EDI

The theme of this year’s Black History Month is “Dig Deeper, Look Closer, Think Bigger”. At the Society, we will be doing this by:

  • celebrating Black…
Clinical pharmacology

The Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA), developed and delivered by the British Pharmacological Society and MSC Assessment, is celebrating its 10th…

Clinical pharmacology

The Society welcomes Health Education England’s “Future Doctor” report, which sets out how changes to medical training are needed in order to give…

Journals


The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) is pleased to announce the appointment Professor Jennifer Martin as the new Deputy Editor of Pharmacology…

Clinical pharmacology

The Society’s President, Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed, will join a new independent group to advise on promising new treatments for COVID-19, the…

Press releases

Today, the Health Research Authority (HRA) publishes its new ‘Make It Public’ strategy, setting out an approach to drive transparency and openness in…

Press releases

Today, the Society welcomes publication of the updated ARRIVE (Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments) guidelines, “ARRIVE 2.0”, which aim…

Press releases

The COVID-19 Therapeutics Advice & Support Group (CTAG), aiming to support the evidence-based use of medicines in relation to COVID-19, has been…

Prize

We are pleased to announce the first batch of recipients of our prizes and awards, representing a range of pharmacology specialisms:


BPS Equality,…

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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