It is with great pleasure that the Society announces Dr James Dear, University of Edinburgh, as the winner of the Grahame-Smith Prize, which recognises outstanding contributions to research in…
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 British Pharmacological Society is pleased to announce the 2016 winners of the BSc Pharmacology Prize (nominated by their university department) and the winners of the Clinical Undergraduate…
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…
British Pharmacological Society Fellow Professor Jackie Hunter CBE has been recognised in the ’50 Movers and Shakers in BioBusiness 2016’ report. Dr Anna Zecharia, Head of Education, Training &…
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…
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 today announced that its 3,500+ members from around the world voted to induct five influential pharmacologists into its Pharmacology Hall of Fame. This year, the…
In a review of published studies addressing patients’ perceptions and factors influencing their reporting of adverse drug reactions, most patients were not aware of reporting systems and others were…
In vivo knowledge and skills have always been essential in academic research labs that investigate basic physiology, ageing, diseases and their pharmacological treatments. Their importance has…