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The British Pharmacological Society has welcomed the news that Professor Patrick Maxwell has been elected as the new Chair of the Medical Schools…

Council

In recognition of his contributions to pharmacology, President of the British Pharmacological Society Professor Clive Page OBE has recently been made…

Fellows

The Society has opened its Fellowship to individuals who have been voting members for five years. This replaces the previous requirement, which was…

Prize

The Society is delighted to announce the winners of a number of prizes and awards for 2022. 

Our prizes and awards are designed to recognise the…

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Sir Mene Pangalos has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society for outstanding contributions to applied life science as an academic…

Prize

We are delighted to announce a new award aimed at supporting the discipline of Clinical Pharmacology.

The Sir Colin Dollery Clinical Pharmacology…

Clinical pharmacology

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Testing patients for genetic variations that affect how their body will respond to common medicines must be integrated fully, fairly and swiftly into…

Early career

The Society is pleased to announce that the Early Career Clinical Pharmacology Competition will continue as part of Pharmacology 2022. The competition…

Prizes and awards

The Society is pleased to announce Kirsty Tinto as the recipient of the 2022 AJ Clark Studentship.

Kirsty’s doctorate at University of Strathclyde will…

The British Pharmacological Society, the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and the British Journal of Pharmacology try to improve the life of…

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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