http://www.bps.ac.uk News RSS Feed http://www.bps.ac.uk/details/News/1457213/AstraZeneca-announce-7300-job-cuts.html AstraZeneca's 7,300 job cuts will happen over the next two years as part of a new restructuring programme to save $1.6bn (£1bn) a year. It is the third restructuring programme the company has carried out since 2007. AstraZeneca cut 12,600 positions between 2007 and 2009. If you're currently working at AZ and want to see how BPS can help you, email info@bps.ac.uk. 2012-02-02T09:28:00Z http://www.bps.ac.uk/details/News/1443469/Nursing-Home-Residents-with-Dementia-Antidepressants-Are-Associated-With-Increas.html BJCP press release Nursing Home Residents with Dementia: Antidepressants Are Associated With Increased Risk of Falling Nursing home residents with dementia who use average doses of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are three times more likely to have an injurious fall than similar people who don’t use these drugs. The association can be seen in people who use low doses of SSRIs and the risk increases as people take higher doses. The results are published in the British Journal of... 2012-01-18T11:58:00Z http://www.bps.ac.uk/details/News/1439985/A-message-from-BPS-President-and-President-Elect.html It is with regret that one of our first duties as President and President-Elect must be to announce that our Chief Executive, Kate Baillie will be leaving the Society later this year. Kate has accepted the position of Chief Executive of the Biochemical Society, and her last day at BPS will be 1 June 2012. Kate's departure will be a great loss to the BPS. I'm also sure that you will join us in congratulating her on her new role, and we wish her every success in her future career. We are already... 2012-01-12T09:18:00Z http://www.bps.ac.uk/details/News/1437991/BPS-President-Emeritus-appointed-Vice-Chancellor-of-Brunel-University.html The Council of Brunel University has announced the appointment of Professor Julia Buckingham, BPS President Emeritus, as its next Vice-Chancellor and Principal. Professor Buckingham, currently Pro-Rector for Education and Academic Affairs at Imperial College London, will assume duties from the current Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Chris Jenks, on 1 October 2012. Professor Buckingham is the first woman to be appointed as Vice-Chancellor and Principal at Brunel. Prior to her career at Imperial... 2012-01-09T10:35:00Z http://www.bps.ac.uk/details/News/1435905/New-Year-honour-for-BPS-member.html Congratulations to BPS member, Professor Trevor William Robbins FRS, who has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to Medical Research. Other notable recipients include: Dr Richard William Barker, Professor Stephen Robert Bloom, Dr Eleanor Anne Freeman, Professor John Gerald Patrick Sissons, Professor James George Steele, and Professor John Wallwork. New Years honours 2012-01-04T09:26:00Z http://www.bps.ac.uk/details/News/1430989/Health-of-drugs-industry-still-in-question.html BPS member Andrew Herxheimer contributes to an article, published in The Epoch Times, on the state of the Pharmaceutical industry, Health of drugs industry still in question. Epoch Times article 2011-12-22T10:39:00Z http://www.bps.ac.uk/details/News/1430919/BPS-symposium-speakers-interviewed-for-Radio-4s-Report-programme.html Interviews and excerpts from the President’s mini-symposium, which took place at the BPS Winter Meeting 2011, will form part of tonight’s (22 December) Report programme on BBC Radio 4 at 8pm. Programme details 2011-12-22T09:43:00Z http://www.bps.ac.uk/details/News/1428753/Professor-Humphrey-Rang-FRS-becomes-President-Elect-of-BPS.html London 15 December 2011: Professor Humphrey Rang was confirmed as the British Pharmacological Society’s (BPS) President-Elect during its Annual General Meeting on 15 December 2011. Professor Rang will take up his post from 1 January 2012, and go on to become the Society’s President for two years from 2014. A Fellow of the Royal Society and the Academy of Medical Sciences, and an Honorary fellow of the BPS, Professor Rang is also author of two seminal books on the science of drug discovery and... 2011-12-20T15:47:00Z http://www.bps.ac.uk/details/News/1428321/Taking-your-medicine-safely-and-effectively.html BPS member, Professor Simon Maxwell and the Daily Mail, discuss the factors that can influence the successful treatment of someone on medications. When taking any medicine always read the accompanying patient information sheet. 2011-12-20T09:46:00Z http://www.bps.ac.uk/details/News/1416221/From-molecules-to-multinationals-science-and-industry-explored-at-flagship-pharm.html The future of drug discovery and development at the bench and in the boardroom will be highlighted at a major international pharmacology conference in London, Tuesday 13 to Thursday 15 December. 2011-12-06T11:38:00Z