The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has published a new report on The Changing UK Drug Discovery Landscape. Professor David Webb, President of the British Pharmacological…
The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for a national helpline to support patients with addiction problems as part of a new project to tackle prescription drug dependence.Professor David…
The Accelerated Access Review (AAR) was commissioned by the government in November 2014. The final report was published on 24 October 2016. It makes recommendations to make it easier for NHS patients…
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recently began providing open access to clinical data for new medicines for human use authorised in the European Union (EU).Professor David Webb, President of…
TrialsTracker, a new website run by academics at the University of Oxford, shows that many organisations in industry and academia who have registered clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov are not…
The British Pharmacological Society is proud to have four Advisory Groups to represent the interests and views of its diverse membership. The Advisory Groups are essential in providing a two-way…
During proceedings on 23 January 2017, peers in the House of Lords drew attention to the British Pharmacological Society’s ongoing campaign on clinical pharmacology & the NHS in discussions with…
It has become a recurring joke amongst regular attendees at Society meetings that whenever I show up, you are going to hear about something to do with worms!Back in 2018, I sat in the office of the…
Sir William DM Paton Bill Paton, who was knighted in 1979 and was therefore sometimes addressed as Sir William (but never William), was a major figure in British pharmacology and the British…
This year we held the second annual Images in Pharmacology competition, to visually showcase the importance of pharmacology. Take a look at the winning entries. First Prize:…
