Skip to content

News

Read up on the latest news stories from the Society and beyond, all within the world of pharmacology.

Search & filter

Press releases

Today, the Society has joined partner organisations in the UK research and innovation sector in calling for competitively costed visas for…

Report

The government has published its COVID-19 recovery strategy, ‘Our plan to rebuild’, setting out a series of phases as part of this plan. Phase three…

COVID-19

A new review, published in the British Journal of Pharmacology, from a team of researchers representing the International Union of Basic and Clinical…

Press releases

Medicines have been prominent in discussions about the COVID-19 pandemic. There is an urgent need to develop effective treatments to lower risks of…

Report

The Society has responded to the announcement that Gilead Sciences will initiate two phase 3 randomised studies to evaluate the safety and antiviral…

The British Pharmacological Society has responded to concerns that the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen, could…

As you would expect, we have been carefully monitoring developments in relation to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
 
These are unprecedented times…

The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented his Budget to Parliament on 11 March, announcing a landmark £22bn investment in UK science by 2024-25. The…

Postgraduate

We are pleased to announce James Farmer and James Line as the recipients of the AJ Clark Studentship. This studentship will enable them to carry out…

Press releases

The British Pharmacological Society wants to see an improved and coordinated approach to opioid prescribing - similar to antimicrobial stewardship -…

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…

Stay up to date

Subscribe to our newsletter for updates on meetings & events, editor's picks and journal news, career opportunities and training & workshop announcements. 

Subscribe to our newsletter