The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) is the professional association for pharmacologists

Pharmacology

Pharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...

 in the UK.

The society was formed when a group of pharmacologists met in Oxford

Oxford

The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

, UK in 1931. The learned society

Learned society

A learned society is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline/profession, as well a group of disciplines. Membership may be open to all, may require possession of some qualification, or may be an honor conferred by election, as is the case with the oldest learned societies,...

 aims to further education within Pharmacology and also organizes meetings of the world's most prominent pharmacologists.

Publications

The British Pharmacological Society publishes a number of works, which promotes pharmacology;

• British Journal of Pharmacology
  British Journal of Pharmacology
  The British Journal of Pharmacology is a biweekly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of experimental pharmacology. It is published for the British Pharmacological Society by Wiley-Blackwell...
  
   - Published by Blackwell Publishing
  Blackwell Publishing
  Wiley-Blackwell is the international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons. It was formed by the merger of John Wiley's Global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business with Blackwell Publishing, after Wiley took over Blackwell Publishing in...
  
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• The British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology published by Blackwell Publishing
  Blackwell Publishing
  Wiley-Blackwell is the international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons. It was formed by the merger of John Wiley's Global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business with Blackwell Publishing, after Wiley took over Blackwell Publishing in...
  
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• pA2 is the e-journal of the British Pharmacological Society
• Pharmacology Matters is the newsletter of the British Pharmacological Society

External links

• The British Pharmacological Society
• The British Journal of Pharmacology
• The British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology