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The Medical Schools Council (MSC) and British Pharmacological Society (BPS) welcome the completion of an independent review of the Prescribing Safety…

Animal research

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The Royal Society of Biology's Animal Sciences Group has put out a …

Prize

The Society is delighted to announce the winners of a number of prizes and awards for 2023. 

Our prizes and awards are designed to recognise the…

Press releases

On 25 May 2023 the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, announced a package of investment for the UK’s life sciences. As part of this, Lord O’Shaughnessy has…

 

 

The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) has congratulated four of its members who have been elected as Fellows and Honorary Fellows of the…

Press releases

The Society and the Academy of Medical Sciences have developed a policy briefing to inform an upcoming debate in Parliament on access to psilocybin…

Prize

 

Clinical pharmacology

The Society is calling for pharmacogenomic testing to be embedded into NHS practice, citing a new study that shows implementation could reduce adverse…

Council

 We would like to warmly congratulate the following appointments commencing from 1 January 2023:

Trustee Roles:

Obituary

The British Pharmacological Society was sad to announce the death of Professor Sir Michael Rawlins last week.

Sir Michael made an enormous contribution…

Blog

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

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Part 2: PGx is the study of how genetic variations influence a person’s response to medicines, being efficacy or safety. The goal of CERSI-PGx, led…

The CERSI-PGx Initiative – A New Chapter for BPS 

What is CERSI-PGx? 

Genomics: Shaping the Future of Healthcare 

The UK’s Ten-Year Health Plan and…

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…

By James Higham

Pharmacology Matters

Read the latest articles from Pharmacology Matters, the Society's free digital magazine. 

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Finding My Research Direction: A Young Palestinian Pharmacologist’s Journey to a PhD.

I am originally a refugee from Jerusalem, now living in Jericho…

Emma is a PhD student in cancer pharmacology at Newcastle University. She graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science from the University of…

🏆 Pharmacomedy Competition 2026 – Results Announcement

We are delighted to share the results of the 2026 Pharmacomedy competition, which ran from…

By Graeme Henderson Alistair Corbett

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