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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has published a new report on The Changing UK Drug Discovery Landscape. Professor David Webb,…

Cancer/Oncology

In a study of 110 women taking the breast cancer drug anastrozole, there were significant differences in patients’ blood levels of the drug that…

Cancer/Oncology

Researchers have found that a protein called SLC6A14 is overexpressed by several fold in pancreatic tumors taken from patients and in cancerous…

Experts in how drugs work from the British Pharmacological Society have teamed up with Olympic Gold Medallist Tim Foster on a new animation about…

Although individuals often consume natural products because of their potential health benefits, a new review indicates that it is not clear whether…

The Home Secretary Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP this week proposed a series of measures to reduce net immigration in her speech to the Conservative Party…

Although new drugs must be shown to be both safe and effective for approval by the Food and Drug Administration, sick newborns receive most of their…

A new review looks at the evidence behind the effectiveness of complementary or alternative therapies—including probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics,…

Coaxing stem cells from patients to become heart cells may help clinicians personalize drug treatments and prevent heart-related toxicity. A new…

In a study of 1,000 adult patients with unplanned admission to a tertiary hospital in Singapore, the prevalence of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) at…

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

 

Much of the research carried out by pharmacology students, including undergraduate dissertations, goes unnoticed by the wider student network. We…

Reflections from the EPHAR Summer School - July 2026

This summer, I travelled to Ankara to attend the EPHAR (Federation of European…

 

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. 

 

 

The launch of a new preclinical training resource: the e-learning module on Sample Sizes and Statistical Power 

The British Pharmacological…

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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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