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Drug Discovery of the Year Award 2022

The winner of the British Pharmacological Society’s 2022 Drug Discovery of the Year award is the team of scientists who discovered and developed Evrysdi® (risdiplam) – an oral treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), which is now approved in more than 60 countries wor...

The Society’s Advisory Groups – guest starring the new International Advisory Group members

The British Pharmacological Society is proud to have four Advisory Groups to represent the interests and views of its diverse membership. The Advisory Groups are essential in providing a two-way communication between the Society’s membership and its Council and Committees, an...

Affinity groups update - Education and Skills

For a Society Affinity Group, the Education & Skills Affinity Group is unusual in that it aligns with a British Pharmacological Society committee - the Education and Training Committee chaired by Dr Lisa Wallace and managed by Dr Anna Zecharia, Director of Policy & Public Aff...

Introducing the new Deputy Editor of Pharmacology Research & Perspectives (PR&P)

The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) is pleased to announce the appointment Professor Jennifer Martin as the new Deputy Editor of Pharmacology Research & Perspectives (PR&P) , the open-access journal co-owned by the Britsh Pharmacological Society, the American Society f...

LeSPAR comment on the BMJ article on antibiotic course duration

The Learned Society Partnership on Antimicrobial Resistance (LeSPAR) has noted with interest the publication of a BMJ article by Llewelyn et al . on antibiotic course duration. Professor David Webb, President of the British Pharmacological Society, commented on behalf...

International societies call on researchers to apply clinical pharmacology principles in search for

Today, the British Pharmacological Society and the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists publish a joint international statement calling on researchers to apply clinical pharmacology principles in search for safe and effective trea...

Undergraduate prize winners 2016

The British Pharmacological Society is pleased to announce the 2016 winners of the BSc Pharmacology Prize (nominated by their university department) and the winners of the Clinical Undergraduate Prize (nominated by their medical school). BSc Pharmacology Prize Zaynab Ahmed...

PROTACs in Drug Discovery - Training Workshop

Part of the 'New Modalities in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery' joint meeting from the British Pharmacological Society and the European Laboratory Research & Innovation Group (ELRIG UK). This training workshop will introduce and explore the role of proteolysis targeting chimer...

Society responds to Migration Advisory Committee review

The Society welcomes the Migration Advisory Committee’s review of the Shortage Occupation List, which was published today. When the review was first announced, we responded as part of the Clinical Pharmacology Skills Alliance, with our partners the Association of the Britis...

Society President appointed new Chair of the Commission on Human Medicines

Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed has been appointed by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care as Chair of the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM). The CHM provides independent expert advice to ministers on the safety, quality and efficacy of medicines. It is a...