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Your Society: Talking about the next generation

25 May 2022 in Your Society published May 2022

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

Join us for industry and academic insights on new drug modalities

12 May 2022 published May 2022

ELRIG and the British Pharmacological Society are teaming up to bring you our New Modalities in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery event on 4-5 July 2022 at the Francis Crick Institute, London. Find out about free cutting-edge event, that will give you the opportunity to join researchers at all career stages working at the interface of academia and industry on the latest drug modalities and pharmacology tools.

President's Message: Conversations at home and abroad promise connections, collaboration and change

29 Apr 2022 published April 2022

Professor Clive Page provides an update on a recent trip to the US, as well as recent and upcoming events, opportunities and projects at the Society - including WCP2023, Pharmacology 2022, the AJ Clark Studentship, bursaries, and the joint 'Personalised prescribing' pharmacogenomics report with the Royal College of Physicians.

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.