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Your Society: Spring - a season to reflect and look forward

30 Mar 2022 published March 2022

Read the latest blog from Society CEO, Rachel Lambert-Forsyth.

Time to Deliver for Mothers and Babies: an urgent need for safe, effective and accessible medicines in pregnancy

07 Mar 2022 in Unmet health needs & health inequalities published March 2022

Professor Peter Brocklehurst and Sundeep Kaur Bhogal say it is time to deliver safe, effective & accessible medicines in pregnancy.

Living with HIV through menopause – we must do more to support women

07 Mar 2022 in Unmet health needs & health inequalities published March 2022

Many menopause symptoms such as tiredness, night sweats and general malaise are very similar to those of HIV. Angelina Namiba and Dr Nneka Nwokolo say we must do more to support women with HIV.

Equitable access to HIV prevention and care

02 Feb 2022 in Unmet health needs & health inequalities published February 2022

Dr Tristan Barber explores the importance of broadening our perspectives, sharing information, encouraging people, and challenging misinformation, to make ending HIV transmission a reality.

President’s Message: Ambitions for an inclusive, proud and bold Society

28 Jan 2022 in President's message published January 2022

In his first blog, our new President, Professor Clive Page, shares his ambitions for an inclusive, proud and bold Society.

Your Society: Looking back on 2021

20 Dec 2021 in Your Society published December 2021

Read the latest blog from Society CEO, Rachel Lambert-Forsyth.

The importance of multidisciplinary approaches during public health crises

15 Dec 2021 in Unmet health needs & health inequalities published December 2021

Aidan Seeley and Adam Dicks explore the lessons from the HIV/AIDS epidemic for the current SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic and the takeaways for the next generation of policymakers and scientists.

Fraught decision-making in transgender medicine

15 Dec 2021 in Unmet health needs & health inequalities published December 2021

Using ethnographica data, Dr. stef m. shuster examines the uncertainty that providers of transgender medicine experience, which is exacerbated by a paucity of training and scientific evidence on gender-affirming interventions. Dr shuster concludes with the social implications of fraught decision-making in trans medicine.

Exploring the role of pharmacology in addressing unmet health needs

15 Dec 2021 published December 2021

The Society is launching a new blog series exploring how pharmacology can help address unmet health needs and health inequalities. We are inviting contributors to share their experience and expertise on a range of topics, to spark discussion about how research and care can be best deployed to those who need it. Read our editorial to find out more. 

2021 in Open Access at the British Pharmacological Society

23 Nov 2021 published November 2021

Charles Whalley, our Head of Journals Publishing, updates on the Society's Open Access work in 2021. 

President’s Message: A fond farewell

22 Nov 2021 in President's message published November 2021

Society President Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed shares some reflections about leadership during a global pandemic, as he nears the end of his Presidency.