title: Only connect: the merger of BMC Pharmacology and BMC Clinical Pharmacology.
abstract: This editorial celebrates the launch of BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology within the BMC series of journals published by BioMed Central. The scope of the journal is interdisciplinary encompassing toxicology, experimental and clinical pharmacology including clinical trials. In this editorial we discuss the origins of this new journal and the ethos and policies under which it will operate.
authors.affiliation: BioMed Central Ltd, 236 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HL, UK. elizabeth.moylan@biomedcentral.com
authors.forename: Elizabeth C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Moylan
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morrey
authors.forename: Joanne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Appleford-Cook
mesh_terms: D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D010600:Pharmacology