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Council

We are pleased to share that we have appointed two new Trustees to join the Council. These are: 

  • Professor Michael Spedding (Elected Trustee –…

Council

The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) is pleased to announce the election of Professor Cherry Wainwright as its new President-elect. 

Professor…

Prize

We are pleased to announce the 2023 winners of our undergraduate prizes.

Clinical Undergraduate Prize

The Clinical Undergraduate Prize recognises UK…

Honorary fellow

The British Pharmacological Society is delighted to announce our new Fellows and Honorary Fellows for 2023. The Society has elected 29 Fellows and…

Prize

The Geoffrey Burnstock Prize was launched earlier this year to recognise the achievements of established researchers through their publications.

We are…

Press releases

The UK Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA) is a ground-breaking medical exam with strong stakeholder support and is associated with increased…

Obituary

The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) is sad to report the death of Professor David Brown. Professor Brown joined the BPS in 1965 and was elected…

Prize


 

A team from Bristol Myers Squibb are the winners of the 2024 Sir James Black Drug Discovery of the Year Award, with their drug mavacamten for…

Prize

We are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Student Contribution to Pharmacology Prize.  
 
The prize enables universities in the UK and…

Clinical pharmacology

The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) is now leading the UK Pharmacogenetics & Stratified Medicine Network (UKPGx).

The UKPGx Network was set up…

Blog

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

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…

Dr Alex Voisey is a Lecturer in Medical Pharmacology at Cardiff University, Chair of the British Pharmacological Society’s Early Career Pharmacologist…

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

About the author

Dr Kirsty Tinto recently completed her PhD in Pharmacology at the University of Strathclyde, funded by the BPS AJ Clark…

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