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A team from Bristol Myers Squibb are the winners of the 2024 Sir James Black Drug Discovery of the Year Award, with their drug mavacamten for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The prize, which is awarded by the British Pharmacological Society (BPS), recognises t...

The first novel prophylactic medicine in nearly 20 years to treat people with haemophilia with or without Factor VIII inhibitors has been named Drug Discovery of the Year 2019. The team of researchers from Roche, Chugai and Genentech responsible for the development of Hemlibr...

With the release of exam results this summer, the spotlight has fallen on how incredibly challenging the impact of COVID-19 has been for students, educators and families across the nation. Receiving your exam results - and making choices for the next steps in your edu...

The resources on this page - from the Society and beyond - are designed to support pharmacology educators. Also, check out this list of resources compiled by the Society to support education during COVID-19. Have a resource you would like to share? We would love to hear...

Early career representation We represent around 2,500 undergraduate students, postgraduate students, and recent graduates from around the world. Our  Early Career Pharmacologists Advisory Group  is the voice of this group and works to support and involve early career m...

A new review , published in the  British Journal of Pharmacology , from a team of researchers representing the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR), identifies opportunities for drug discovery in the treatment of COVID-19.   Professor Clive Page...

Pharmacology Matters is the Society’s digital magazine. It is free to access and available to read on our website. Articles for Pharmacology Matters are collected into three issues each year and issues are promoted through an email newsletter to Society members. The Edit...

The Guide to PHARMACOLOGY is a searchable database of drug targets and the prescription medicines and experimental drugs that act on them. This portal is open access and easy to use .The information in the database is presented at two levels: The initial view or landin...

This prize recognises students' contributions to the promotion of pharmacology within their university. Winners will receive a certificate and a year's free Early Career Membership. The prize enables universities in the UK and Ireland to recognise the efforts of the final y...

Approval of medicines must be expedited safely There are currently no medicines in any country that have regulatory approval for the treatment of COVID-19 infections. Treatments currently under investigation to treat COVID-19 infection, and the pathologies arising from t...