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Concerns about prescribing Prescribing is a core activity for all healthcare systems and most of the doctors who work in them. The average member of the public in the UK will be in receipt of around 20 prescriptions annually which are intended to treat current illnesses and ...

Regulation of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics (CPT) training is by the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board (JRCPTB) . This is on behalf of the three Royal Colleges of Physicians. CPT training follows the same model of assessments as medical training. Wo...

What is migraine?  Migraine is a neurological disorder, often described as a moderate to severe throbbing-like headache, associated with increased sensitivity to light or sound. Headaches are typically unilateral, aggravated by physical activity and linked with nausea. It ...

Introduction Antibodies: we’ve all heard about them and we all need them - but how can we use them to our advantage? Antibodies are the extraordinary proteins that help to protect us from a wide range of infections and have been exploited for their specificity to treat a wid...

Running a research lab is a complex progress, but seeing the lab come to life is an amazing experience. In this issue of Pharmacology Matters, we are visiting the Mauro lab to learn about Professor Claudio Mauro’s experience in establishing his group at the University o...

A little over a year ago, the UK confirmed its first case of COVID-19 . Since then, we have collectively endured months of uncertainty and lockdowns whilst scientists worldwide endeavoured to create a vaccine. This process normally takes upwards of 10 years , but due to ext...

The chances are that you know someone, or multiple people living with endometriosis. But what is this chronic condition that affects at least 1 in 10 people assigned female at birth? Endometriosis is the growth of tissue similar to the uterine lining on the pelvic peritoneum...

I write this during a break on day one of the Society’s sold-out Cell Signalling meeting at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham. Congratulations to Gary Willars, John Challis and Andrew Tobin for putting together such an exciting programme, ably assisted by ‘loc...

The United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines consulted on promoting innovation and increasing access to medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and related health technologies in low-, middle-, and high-income countries. The Society responded to the ...

The Society responded to the Leaving the EU: implications and opportunities for science and research inquiry of the House of Commons' Science and Technology Committee. The Committee sought contributions on the risks and opportunities of leaving the EU, to allow the Committee t...