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Prize

Earlier in 2024, we announced the winners of our summer awards, plus the winners of student prizes. Here, the British Pharmacological Society is…

Prize

The Society is delighted to announce the 2024 winners of two students prizes. 

Our prizes and awards are designed to recognise the contributions to…

Prize

The Society is delighted to announce the winners of a number of prizes and awards for 2024. 

Our prizes and awards are designed to recognise the…

Press releases

The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) and the University of Liverpool have been awarded funding by Innovate UK to build a network of experts from…

Staff

BPS Events Manager, Becki Wingell, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of Attitude is Everything, a leading disability charity.

Attitude is…

Staff

 

The Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC) has announced the appointment of our CEO, Rachel Lambert-Forsyth, as one of two new trustees for…

Policy statement

The BioIndustry Association (BIA) and the UK Home Office wish to remind individuals of the legal obligations for laboratories holding certain…

Obituary

The British Pharmacological Society is very sad to announce the following deaths:
 
Professor Thomas Bolton
Professor Bolton joined the British…

Press releases

We are united in a belief in the importance of ambitious, long-term, and sustainable investment in Research and Development (R&D) for the future of…

The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) is sad to report the death of Professor Anthony Smith. Professor Smith joined the BPS in 1970 and was…

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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