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The British Pharmacological Society's flagship annual meeting attracts over 1,200 scientists each year from across the world.

The British Pharmacological Society, the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and the British Journal of Pharmacology try to improve the life of all people by publishing scientific medical articles on the development and the use of medicines and the optimisation t...

BPS welcomes publication of the Interim NHS People Plan and outlines key areas where clinical pharmacology can provide support. Jonathan Bruun, CEO of the British Pharmacological Society, said: “So many of the issues facing our national healthcare system concern the us...

The British Pharmacological Society wants to see an improved and coordinated approach to opioid prescribing - similar to antimicrobial stewardship - to protect patients.   We are concerned about the inappropriate long-term use of opioids for chronic pain (where they can be...

Substantial progress is being made in the development of the new national apprenticeship standard for the role of clinical pharmacological scientist. The crucial work in developing the scheme comes as the UK government celebrates apprenticeships across the country, with its ...

The UK Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor and Honorary Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society, Sir Patrick Vallance, has been appointed National Technology Advisor for the new Office for Science & Technology Strategy. He will take up this role alongside his roles as...

British Pharmacological Society Fellow Professor Jackie Hunter CBE has been recognised in the ’ 50 Movers and Shakers in BioBusiness 2016 ’ report. Dr Anna Zecharia, Head of Education, Training & Policy at the British Pharmacological Society, has been also been named as one of...

Following the challenges posed throughout the pandemic and changes to audience behaviour in 2022, the Society committed to a review of how it delivered an innovative and engaging events programme for its members and the wider pharmacology community. A working group, chaired b...

The first objective set out in the Society’s new five-year strategy for 2018-2022, which launched at the end of 2017, is “To remove barriers to participation and success, while welcoming equality and celebrating diversity, and being inclusive in all we do”. The issue of repr...

We were delighted to be part of the team which formed the Glasgow Pharmacological Society (GPS) in 2016, with funding from the British Pharmacological Society’s Ambassadors scheme. The idea behind the GPS was to bring together students and staff with an interest in pharmacolo...