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Society publishes Five-Year Review and new 2018–2022 strategy

The British Pharmacological Society has published a review of its strategy and achievements between 2012 and 2017, and set out its vision for the five years from 2018. The review looks back on some…

2017 Fellowships announced

Every year, the British Pharmacological Society elects a small number of Fellows and Honorary Fellows. This year, 35 Fellowships and 10 Honorary Fellowships have been awarded. Honorary Fellowships…

Drug Discovery of the Year Award 2018

A new medicine used to treat an ultra-rare inherited disorder which leaves babies without a fully functioning immune system has been named the British Pharmacological Society’s Drug Discovery of the…

Your Society - December 2017

In September, we published a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as part of our ongoing Focus on Pharmacology project. The report was commissioned with the intention that it would provide a…

Prizes announced during Pharmacology 2018

We are pleased to have announced the winners of prizes judged or announced at Pharmacology 2018. AstraZeneca Prize for Women in Pharmacology Dr Fiona Marshall, MSD Bill Bowman Prize…

Young Life Scientists’ Symposium

Young Life Scientists’ Symposium

The Young Life Scientists’ Symposium is an annual conference supported by the Biochemical Society, British Pharmacological Society and Physiological Society and organised by PhD and Post Doc students…

Regulation of Medical Associate Professions

We responded to the Department of Health’s consultation on ‘The regulation of medical associate professions in the UK’. Our response focused on prescribing. We noted that this is a…

Diabetes, but not diabetes drug, linked to poor pregnancy outcomes

Diabetes, but not diabetes drug, linked to poor pregnancy outcomes

New research indicates that pregnant women with pre-gestational diabetes who take metformin are at a higher risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes – such as major birth defects and pregnancy loss – than…

Running away from addiction: how exercise aids smoking cessation

Running away from addiction: how exercise aids smoking cessation

New research in mice sheds light on the mechanism underlining exercise’s protective effect against nicotine dependence and withdrawal. The British Journal of Pharmacology study reveals that exercise…

Are phages our best bet against antibiotic-resistant bacteria?

Are phages our best bet against antibiotic-resistant bacteria?

Bacteriophages, or simply phages, are viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria, and they hold considerable potential for combatting antibiotic-resistance and other threats to human health.…