Comment

An Onlooker's Notebook 404

• Food and function
• Strange pair
• Mysterious forces

Leading Articles: 405

• Divergence and convergence
• PJOnline

News 406-409

• A new primary care pharmacy company in the Midlands 406-407
• Scottish chief whip to take up pharmacy concerns 408
• Pharmacy anticoagulation clinics could help save 5,000 lives, says NPA 408
• "Authoritative" medical search engine launched 408
• Superdrug view is irresponsible, says Lloyd 408
• ASA rejects two Persona complaints, but accepts a third 409
• Olympic pharmacy plans 409
• Medicines inspectors learn psychological techniques 409
• Welsh pharmacognosy company created 409
• New Boots training scheme 409

Clinical Pharmacy 410-412

• Call made for use of aspirin to be restricted in teenagers 410
• No evidence of liver toxicity with entacapone, neurologists told 410
• Second trial supports first-line use of dopamine agonist 410
• Growth hormone gel for treating diabetic ulcers 411
• Dual action neuroprotective agent developeda 411
• First oral iron chelator approved for treating thalassaemia 412
• Thumb is best for test, study finds 412
• Advice to patients: (33) Loratadine tablets 412

Business 413

• AAH's new Midlands warehouse nears completion 413
• Unichem revamps finance scheme 413
• Gehe sells 413
• Weldricks expands 413

The Society 414-416

• PJOnline — the electronic Pharmaceutical Journal 414-415
• Society launches consultation document on a new code of ethics 416
• Society issues millennium advice 416
• Search for policy head 416
• Obituaries 416

Letters to the Editor 417-421

• Disappointing response 417
• Crystal ball? 417
• Centralisation abhorred 418
• Never ending false promises 418
• Endorsement 418
• Total agreement 418
• Sorry tale 418
• Support 418
• Patience wearing thin 419
• Bemused 419
• Experiences mirrored 419
• In the right direction 419
• Thanks 419
• Activating the conduit 420
• Unwarranted assumption 420
• Misrepresentative Council 420
• Regional support 420
• Need for feedback 420
• Preparing the ground 420
• Wrong end of the stick 420
• Group needs 421
• Staggered delivery 421
• Horse trading 421
• What upsets us 421

The Conference 423-458

• Opening session 423-425
• PJ goes on line 426
• A BPC buddy for four days 426
• SB research highlights pharmacists' analgesics advice role 426
• Millennium specials from the BSHP 426
• Conference awards presented 427
• BPSA undergoes rebranding 428
• The circus of fabulour pharmaceuticals 428
• Record attendance at BPC 428
• "Over to you" roadshow 429
• Science chairman's address 430-435
• Short science presentations 436-446
• Practice research presentations 447-451
• Professional sessions - New perspectives 454-456
• Professional sessions - Antibiotic resistance 456-457
• Pharmacy practice award lecture 458

Continuing Education 459

• Credit for Learning questions (3): Hypertension 459

International 460-464

• World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 460-463
• Health promotion: an implicit part of pharmaceutical care 463
• Europharm Forum concept expands to America 463
• Pharmaceutical care: towards an international understanding? 464

Products 465-466

• Regranex 0.01 per cent gel 465
• Dermol 600 Bath Emollient 465
• Discontinued 465
• Drug Tariff 465
• Nuvelle Continuous new indication 465
• Seroxat tablets 465
• Diltiazem tablets 465
• Securopen injection 465
• Nelsons aura 465
• Glutafin flour enriched with calcium 466
• Seatone Sport 466
• Vita-E gels 466
• Price changes 466

Notice-Board 467-468

• Diary 467
• Wants List 467
• Awards 467
• Drug Tariff Updates 467
• About People 468
• Examination Results 468
• Future Events 468
• Appointments 468