Correspondence as Foreign Secretary of the B.P.S.

File consists of Vane's correspondence whilst Foreign Secretary of the British Pharmacological Society (B.P.S.). Details include:

Letter from T. Godfraind, University of Louvain, Brussels, sent to John Walker, University Department of Pharmacology, Oxford, regarding European co-operation (22 September 1981).

Letter from John Walker to Theo Godfraind, 19 October 1981, advising him to correspond with John Vane who had just taken over from him as Foreign Secretary.

Letter from Vane to Godfraind saying that he was happy to represent the B.P.S. in discussions about co-operation between Pharmacological Societies in Europe (21 October 1981).

Letter from Godfraind to Vane, 3 November 1981, asking Vane to help act as a co-ordinator, discussing how best to work with the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (I.U.P.H.A.R.), and enclosing letters from other European Societies responding to Godfraind's letter of September.

Letter from Vane to Godfraind, 23 November 1981, agreeing to act as co-ordinator and setting out other European pharmacological meetings over the following 5 years which they might wish to avoid when setting up their own European meeting.