It is published by, and is the official journal of, Britain's professional organisation for pharmacists, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (formerly the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain).

[2] It was originally produced by Jacob Bell, who was one of the founders of the (Royal) Pharmaceutical Society.

[1] After it became the Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions in 1842, "within a year it had all the features of an orthodox professional journal: leading articles, meeting reports, critical commentaries, letters, and book reviews.

In 2015 its printed version reverted to monthly publication while the online journal continued with daily updates.

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