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The British Pharmacological Society looks forward to welcoming attendees to the World Congress of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology in 2023.

The restructuring and subsequent changes to staff in the latter quarter of 2023 impacted our ability to drive work to sustain the clinical pharmacology specialty forward. Despite this, the Clinical Committee led by Professor Reecha Sofat (VP Clinical) and Speciality Registr...

The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) and the University of Liverpool have been awarded funding by Innovate UK to build a network of experts from different sectors focusing on regulatory pathways for pharmacogenomics and its implementation in clinical practice. Pharmaco...

Earlier in 2024, we announced the winners of our summer awards , plus the winners of student prizes . Here, the British Pharmacological Society is delighted to announce winners of the final four prizes of the year. Public Engagement Award Recognises high-quality public en...

This studentship encourages undergraduates to take pharmacology as a specialism. Winners will receive up to £1,850 for up to ten weeks (£185 per week) to help cover living costs during a research project.  Criteria Academic record Motivation for applying Project and phar...

This prize rewards outstanding achievement in postgraduate studies. Winners will receive up to £500.  Named in honour of Marthe Vogt, who was a pioneer throughout her career: graduating from Berlin University with both a medical degree and a doctorate in Chemistry (a rarit...

We are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Student Contribution to Pharmacology Prize.     The prize enables universities in the UK and Ireland, who are offering medicine or undergraduate bioscience degrees which contain substantial amounts of pharmacology, t...

I began my two-year term as President on 1 January 2024, and would like to start my first blog by thanking Professor Clive Page, who was an excellent President of the BPS in challenging times. I also welcome our excellent new Trustees Mike Spedding (Industry) and Jim Rit...

The British Journal of Pharmacology (BJP) has today (6 March 2023) published the results of its audit into reporting sex as an experimental variable . This follows the introduction of formal guidance in 2019 , which the British Pharmacological Society welcomed . In the...

Elected in 2013 Born on 29 March 1927 in Tardebigge, Worcestershire, UK Died on 19 November 2004 in Farnborough, Kent, UK Achievements Vane discovered how aspirin works, laying the foundation for current understanding of anti-inflammatory medicines, for which he shared ...