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This year’s list includes many life scientists working across healthcare, genetics and pharmaceuticals, including a BPS Honorary Fellow.

This 7th edition of the Concise Guide summarises the key pharmacological properties of around 1,900 human drug targets and nearly 7,000 interactions…

Members vote Professor Simon Maxwell as President-Elect for 2026-2028.

New appointments to our Council following the 2025 Annual General Meeting.

Prizes and awards

We are delighted to announce our new Fellows and Honorary Fellows for 2025. 26 Fellows have been elected and 17 Honorary Fellowships awarded. 

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The British Pharmacological Society and the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology are proud to announce the publication of the UK’s first clinical…

Prizes and awards

A team from AstraZeneca has been named the winner of the 2025 Sir James Black Award by the British Pharmacological Society (BPS) for its development…

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You might have noticed things look a little different around here. We are pleased to welcome you to our newly redeveloped BPS website!

Press releases

The British Pharmacological Society is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Neha Issar-Brown as its new Chief Executive Officer. She will take up…

Prizes and awards

The Society is delighted to announce the 2025 winners of the Sir Colin Dollery Clinical Pharmacology Training Award.

 

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

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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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