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2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) is a yellow substance which is being incorporated into weight loss pills. It is easily available to purchase online and is marketed as a ‘safe weight loss agent’ . It was apparent as early as 1885 that nitrated naphthols, such as DNP, were able to ...

Medicines have been prominent in discussions about the COVID-19 pandemic. There is an urgent need to develop effective treatments to lower risks of developing the disease, reduce morbidity and save lives, but it is essential that we do not compromise the rigour of our scientif...

The Society has opened its Fellowship to individuals who have been voting members for five years. This replaces the previous requirement, which was five years as a Full Member. This means that Early Career Members (or those who have recently progressed to Full Membership) w...

Donations to the support the work of the Society are most welcome, and monies received will usually be applied towards the Society’s charitable object “to promote and advance pharmacology (including without limitation clinical pharmacology)". If you wish to make such a donat...

Parliamentary Links Day is the largest science event on the annual Parliamentary calendar, and brings together scientists, learned societies and MPs. You can read our summary of the event in this news story. The British Pharmacological Society submitted questions...

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The Finch Group met in September 2013 to review progress in implementing the recommendations from the report. In order to inform this review meeting, we responded to the Society of Biology’s evidence gathering survey on how Learned Societies have been affected by responses ...

The Society provided written evidence to the Specialist Societies and the Royal College of Physicians' consultation, "Society view on how to maintain and improve working relationships". The consultation sought to collect views from other societies regarding the most effecti...

Annual conference for the Safety Pharmacology Society.