Resources by British Pharmacological Society

Careers in pharmacology

Leaflet looks at the skills and aptitudes needed for careers in clinical and research pharmacology. Pharmacology career case studies are also included.

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

Cost of creating a new medicine

This animation provides an introduction to different phases of drug discovery and development, as well as issues influencing the cost and affordability of new medicines.

Maintaining a healthy body – advice from an Olympic champion

Olympic gold medallist Tim Foster to explain how to have a healthy body without performance and image enhancing drugs, and to emphasise the value of advice from healthcare professionals when making decisions about medicines and illicit drugs.

Medicine makers

This set of activities looks at the basic mechanism of how painkillers work, how our bodies respond to pain and how these medicines help us to overcome it.

The activities can be used by STEM Ambassadors at careers fairs or in the classroom.  Students create their own model of a painkiller – aspirin,...

Studying pharmacology at university

An animation provided by the British Pharmacological Society gives an introduction to the benefits of studying pharmacology at university.