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A new medicine to treat cystic fibrosis has received Drug Discovery of the Year 2017, a prestigious award from the British Pharmacological Society. A…

In a review of published studies addressing patients’ perceptions and factors influencing their reporting of adverse drug reactions, most patients…

The British Pharmacological Society today announced that its 3,500+ members from around the world voted to induct five influential pharmacologists…

TrialsTracker, a new website run by academics at the University of Oxford, shows that many organisations in industry and academia who have registered…

The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for a national helpline to support patients with addiction problems as part of a new project to…

British Pharmacological Society Fellow Professor Jackie Hunter CBE has been recognised in the ’50 Movers and Shakers in BioBusiness 2016’ report. Dr…

Clinical pharmacology

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recently began providing open access to clinical data for new medicines for human use authorised in the European…

Prize

The British Pharmacological Society is pleased to announce the 2016 winners of the BSc Pharmacology Prize (nominated by their university department)…

The Accelerated Access Review (AAR) was commissioned by the government in November 2014. The final report was published on 24 October 2016. It makes…

Prize

It is with great pleasure that the Society announces Dr James Dear, University of Edinburgh, as the winner of the Grahame-Smith Prize, which…

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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