The British Pharmacological Society is the United Kingdom’s learned society for pharmacology. It publishes research, trains scientists and clinicians, and keeps a public guide to drug targets and the substances that act on them.
That guide is a Database (DB) of targets and ligands, maintained with an international partner. The society is the organization. The database is one of its reference works.
What the Society Maintains
- Journals. Peer-reviewed research in pharmacology.
- The guide. A structured list of drug targets and the substances that bind them.
- Meetings and training. A place for members to present work and for students to learn the field.
The Society and the Reference Guide
| Compared | The Society | The Guide |
| What it is | A membership organization | A database of targets and ligands |
| Who it serves | Pharmacologists and students | Anyone looking up a target or a substance |
| A new finding | May be published in a journal | May be added as a record once it is accepted |