🎉 It’s A-Level Results Day! 🌱 Whatever your next step, we’re here to support you with our career resources: https://www.bps.ac.uk/careers-education 🎓 Heading to uni? Apply for FREE BPS Undergrad Membership today: https://www.bps.ac.uk/membership-community/become-a-member/undergraduate-membership

EPHAR's Young Investigator Award will award €1,000 to two young pharmacologists who have each published an outstanding research paper in the past two years (2024-2025). We encourage BPS members to apply: https://www.bps.ac.uk/news/article/apply-for-the-ephar-young-investigators-award-2026/

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IUPHAR invites pharmacologists, scientists, educators, clinicians, trainees & other stakeholders to share perspectives on the definition of #pharmacology by Fri 3 July https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=yRJQnBa2wkSpF2aBT74-h5QrSbJbgFRLoBmsX3AY74ZUN0FGWVdDTzBYQUE3VzZHRTdSUVJSTjFYMS4u

There's a new IUPHAR / BPS Guide to Pharmacology database release (2026.1) out now! Details are on our blog post: blog.guidetopharmacology.org/2026/03/12/d.... 130 new ligands; 132 new curated interactions; 23 new targets. Curation to approved drugs, WHO INN list compounds. @britpharmsoc.bsky.social

Database Release 2026.1

Version 2026.1 of the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology database was released on 12th March 2026, our first database release of the year. This blog post gives details of the key content updates and …

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@britpharmsoc.bsky.social Check out my BPS Blog on the Science of a Night Out! When we took pharmacology onto the dancefloor during 2025 British Science Festival 🎉🕺. An immersive night out… with a scientific twist 💡🎶 Read more here: lnkd.in/ef6JV3Gb

In her opening remarks, the APT Sepsis Uganda Principal Investigator Prof. @catrionawaitt.bsky.social underscored the power of time, resources, and partnerships in transforming maternal care. #APTSepsis #AtTheEquatorUG @britpharmsoc.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social @seniorcymo.bsky.social

Check out the editorial for our upcoming special issue on assessment in pharmacology “Using assessment in pharmacology to drive learning in the right direction” @britpharmsoc.bsky.social @iuphar-ed.bsky.social bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) has published a new position statement highlighting the urgent need for clearer, evidence-based guidance on the use of medicines during pregnancy and breastfeeding. @britpharmsoc.bsky.social #Pharmsky www.bps.ac.uk/news/article...

BPS calls for clearer guidance and more inclusive research on medicines in pregnancy

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For too long, pregnant & breastfeeding women have been left out of clinical studies. The @britpharmsoc.bsky.social calls to: 👉 Include them when appropriate 👉 Strengthen safety & effectiveness data 👉 Give women clear & accessible information 🔗 bit.ly/4bKA6tW

Delighted to share our latest review article! It delves into different areas of pharmacology education, from curriculum development to assessment to innovative teaching methods and beyond! @cguilding.bsky.social @britpharmsoc.bsky.social #pharmacologyeducation sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Reimagining pharmacology education

We are arguably experiencing the greatest disruption to higher education in modern history. High-quality education research has demonstrated that acti…

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Proof of principle vs. translational reality check: Can we accumulate nano-formulated drugs inside solid tumours by transiently disrupting tumour vasculature? Yes, in principle, but with a translational catch 👇 #GO-Bio #BMFTR @lmu.de; #ChemBio bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Background and purpose Nano-formulated chemotherapeutics prolong systemic availability of drugs and can reduce systemic toxicity, but their accumulation in solid tumours is often limited and unpredi...

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What did we achieve last year? Our BPS Annual Review of 2025 is an opportunity to look back on and reflect on our accomplishments: https://www.bps.ac.uk/about-the-bps/annual-review-accounts/2025-annual-review-financial-statements/ Keep an eye out for our new 2026-2030 strategy, coming next week! 👀

A great day at the 14th Cambridge Ion Channel Forum! Thanks to our speakers, chairs, everyone for joining us, and our partners: AstraZeneca, Metrion Biosciences, Domainex, Nanion Technologies & Sophion Bioscience. See upcoming pharmacology events: https://www.bps.ac.uk/events/events-calendar/

46 novel drugs were approved by the European Medicines Agency, the FDA, and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in 2025, of which 54% were first-in-class (FIC). Learn about them all in this mini review: https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.70376

Save up to 25% on tickets to our upcoming Organelle Pharmacology event - book by next Wed, 18 March: https://my.bps.ac.uk/events/details/?id=6f9d4020-50a0-f011-bbd2-7c1e522eb31e Explore a transformative area of drug discovery which addresses the dysfunction of specific cellular organelles.

Publish your work in a world-leading, community-owned pharmacology journal with a quick, high-quality peer review process. ⬆️Submit your papers to the British Journal of Pharmacology: https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/14765381/publish-with-british-journal-of-pharmacology.html

Join us this afternoon for a free webinar looking at our new 2026 - 2030 strategy! We'll discuss what we achieved from our previous strategy and how our new one has been developed. Register for free & join us from 1.00 pm: https://my.bps.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3f9de375-4d03-f111-8407-7c1e5209d70d

Learn about pharmacological targeting of the Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter (MCU) from Dr Cristina Mammucari, at our two-day Organelle Pharmacology event in Oxford, 15 - 16 April 2026: https://my.bps.ac.uk/events/details/?id=6f9d4020-50a0-f011-bbd2-7c1e522eb31e

🚨 Only 24 hours left to submit a session proposal for Pharmacology 2026! 🚨 We want your proposals for sessions you would like to host at our annual conference in Manchester this December. Complete your submissions here: https://my.bps.ac.uk/events/details/?id=273cc662-f1ca-f011-8544-7c1e5204bf3d

📣 Less than a week left to submit your session proposals for our flagship annual meeting this December! Is there a topic that you think should have its own session at #Pharmacology2026? Submit your proposal by Wed, 25 Feb: https://my.bps.ac.uk/events/details/?id=273cc662-f1ca-f011-8544-7c1e5204bf3d

📣 Abstract submissions for our Organelle Pharmacology event close today 3.00 pm GMT: https://my.bps.ac.uk/events/details/?id=6f9d4020-50a0-f011-bbd2-7c1e522eb31e Don't miss your chance to share your research with the pharmacology, drug discovery and therapeutics community at this exciting event!

📣 Abstract submissions for our Organelle Pharmacology event close this Friday, 13 Feb at 3.00 pm GMT! Don't miss your chance to share your research with the scientific community at this exciting event: https://my.bps.ac.uk/events/details/?id=6f9d4020-50a0-f011-bbd2-7c1e522eb31e

Join us, AstraZeneca & GSK in Cambridge on 7 - 8 Oct to learn about  covalent modulators in drug discovery, including the latest developments in covalent hit identification & optimisation. Register & submit an abstract: https://my.bps.ac.uk/events/details/?id=888092aa-2cd0-f011-8544-7c1e5204bf3ddrug

Explore recent innovations in pharmacology & look ahead to the future of UK biomedical research at the Pharmacology Futures conference, featuring speakers from a variety of UK unis and leading pharmaceutical companies: https://my.bps.ac.uk/events/details/?id=95321bd4-0f67-f011-bec2-7c1e522db403

Only 1 week left to submit abstracts to our Organelle Pharmacology event! Share your research with an engaged and diverse audience of scientists. ⬆️ Submit abstracts by 3pm, Friday, 13 Feb: https://my.bps.ac.uk/events/details/?id=6f9d4020-50a0-f011-bbd2-7c1e522eb31e

📣 WANTED: Symposium and workshop proposals for our annual meeting! 📣 Put together a line-up of speakers on a topic that is important to you! Submit your proposals by Wed, 25 Feb 2026, 3pm: my.bps.ac.uk/events/detai...

A paradigm shift in drug development has led to treating diseases by precisely targeting the dysfunction of specific organelles, rather than proteins and pathways at the cellular level. Join us 15 - 16 April to learn more: https://my.bps.ac.uk/events/details/?id=6f9d4020-50a0-f011-bbd2-7c1e522eb31e

View our recently updated curriculum that supports the teaching of clinical pharmacology, therapeutics and prescribing in medical degrees: https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bcp.70421

Explore the growing field of organelle-specific drug discovery over two days at the Oxford Medical Sciences Division Department of Pharmacology. 🎫 Early bird offers until 13 March ⬆️ Submit an abstract by 13 February 🔗 https://my.bps.ac.uk/events/details/?id=6f9d4020-50a0-f011-bbd2-7c1e522eb31e

A big thank you to our Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA) Standard Setting Group, who met this week in London to set the pass marks for this year's PSA papers. Find out more about the Prescribing Safety Assessment: https://prescribingsafetyassessment.ac.uk/