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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. 

 

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…

Publishing

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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