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Study reveals large differences in drug prescriptions for newborns between NICUs

Study reveals large differences in drug prescriptions for newborns between NICUs

Little is known concerning how extensively drugs are prescribed to newborns in different neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). A new British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study of nearly 1,500…

Your Society - New strategy, new focus

I want to take this opportunity to share a few thoughts about the Society’s new five-year strategy. New strategy, new focus If you haven’t had a chance to read our new …

President’s message: upcoming meetings – so much science, so little time!

President’s message: upcoming meetings – so much science, so little time!

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…

Articles provide updated guidance to authors submitting to the British Journal of Pharmacology

Articles provide updated guidance to authors submitting to the British Journal of Pharmacology

New editorials published in the British Journal of Pharmacology provide guidance for authors of papers submitted to the journal, with guidance on how to design and conduct experiments as well as what…

Erectile dysfunction drugs may help treat many other conditions

Erectile dysfunction drugs may help treat many other conditions

A new British Journal of Pharmacology review examines how phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitors, which were originally approved to treat erectile dysfunction, are finding clinical uses for a wide…

Study points to the futility of urine tests for salbutamol doping

Study points to the futility of urine tests for salbutamol doping

Salbutamol, also known as albuterol, is a medication that opens up constricted medium and large airways in the lungs and is often used to treat asthma. Because high doses are suspected by…

Many older adults discharged from the hospital receive inappropriate prescriptions

Many older adults discharged from the hospital receive inappropriate prescriptions

In a British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study of 259 older adults discharged from a general medical hospital, more than 4 in 5 patients were issued a potentially inappropriate prescription…

President’s message: celebrating our award winners

President’s message: celebrating our award winners

One of the highlights of being President of the Society is being able to celebrate the achievements of our members by announcing the recipients of our prizes and awards. Each prize and award, in its…

Society responds to Prime Minister’s announcement on boost for UK research to tackle chronic disease

The British Pharmacological Society today welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement of targeted support for research into chronic diseases. The Society also reiterated that there is a pressing need…

Subject Level teaching excellence framework (TEF) consultation response and letter

We responded, with the Royal Society of Biology, to the Subject Level teaching excellence framework (TEF) consultation launched by the Department for Education. The Society also wrote…