The Pharmaceutical Journal
May 20, 2000

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An Onlooker's Notebook   742

• Narrow paths
• Safer pigments
• Slowing down
• 'Ware avarice

Leading Article   743

• EHC and pharmacy

News   744-747

• PSNC warns of more generics shortages 744
• Winter pressure group 744
• PMI locum insurance 744
• Government expects generics stocks to be run down 744
• Pharmacists making progress in PCGs 745
• Two P-to-GSL changes 745
• EC plans labelling rules for vitamins 745
• New laboratories opened at University of Bath 745
• Boots warns against over-integrating pharmacy into primary care 746
• Lloyds checks Howard's heart 746
• Welsh sample pricing starts 746
• Walsall pharmacists improve prescribing 746
• HIVPA membership 746
• Manchester EHC project uncovers growing demand 747
• BPAS cleared of breaking medicines advertising rules 747
• Weldricks staff presented with 131 certificates 747
• Postgraduate education goes online 747
• Stop smoking campaign results 747

Clinical Pharmacy   748-750

• Availability of anti-TNF drug increased 748
• Investigating pharmacists' role in aiding compliance 748
• Predicting rejection? 748
• Inhaled fluticasone reduces exacerbations in COPD, researchers say 749
• Platelet activation after cocaine 749
• Botulinum toxin for hyperhidrosis 749
• Cocaine vaccine grant 749
• Further data on heart failure risk with NSAIDs 750
• Research supports routine use of ACE inhibitors 750
• Orlistat improves glucose tolerance 750
• Angiotensin vaccine 750

Business   751

• Moss to trial "total health" concept 751
• Bayer tests pharmacy display 751
• E-commerce directive approved 751
• February retail sales figures 751

The Society   752-768

• Annual general meeting:
  • President seeks members' support for corporate governance plans 752-755
  • Charter gold medal and Charter silver medal 754-755
  • Balance sheet strong 756-757
  • Code of Ethics revisions adopted 757-758
  • Fellowship certificates presented 758
  • "Witch-hunt" motion rejected 759-760
• Three new Council members 761
• Branch webspace pilot under way 761
• Special Council meeting 762-764
• Committee proceedings 765
• Branch representatives' meeting
  • Branch representatives support emergency hormonal contraception from pharmacies 766-767
  • Representatives want Society's public relations "assessed for performance" 767-768
  • Representatives want earlier Council response to BRM motions 768

Broad Spectrum  769

• Pharmacists - emperors of entropy (M. E. Brown)

Letters to the Editor   770-772

• Veterinary medicines - Manufacturers' misconceptions 770
• Pharmacists - Professionals or tradespeople? 770
• The Society
  • Excuses wearing thin 770
  • Dismay 770
• Council election - Degrees of experience 770-771
• Martindale - Unsatisfactory name change 771
• Emergency contraception - Must remain free of charge 771
• Migraine - A direct result of irritable bowel syndrome 772
• Syringe drivers - Small volume problems 772
• Waste medicines - Look to Australia 772
• Advertising - Insensitive action 772

Continuing education   773-777

• Atrial fibrillation: (3) Antithrombotic therapy (G. Y. H. Lip and S. Kamath) 773-777

Special Feature   778-781

• Business focus: Financial services for pharmacies (J. Blyth) 778-781

Forum   782

• Medicines use systems 782

Products   783

• Lescol capsules new indication 783
• Novantrone injection 783
• Isordil Tembids 783
• Anquil tablets 783
• Buspirone tablets 783
• Betaferon starter pack 783
• Daktarin Gold cream 783
• Care Cystitis Relief sachets 783
• Wound care range 783
• Pain awareness campaign 783
• Unilet general purpose lancets 783
• Enfamil Anti-Reflux 783

Notice-Board   784

• Diary 784
• Official notices 784
• Corrections 784

Front Cover Picture

Our front cover photograph is of the President (Mrs Christine Glover) addressing the Society's annual general meeting. In her address, Mrs Glover asked members to support the Council's work towards modernising its processes and procedures (AGM report pp752-760).

Generics shortage?

The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has warned the Government that its maximum price and Category D proposals will lead to future shortages of generics (p744).

Council election

There are three new members on the Society's Council after this year's election (p761).

Emergency contraception

At their meetings last week, the Council (p762) and branch representatives (p766) indicated their support for making emergency hormonal contraception, for which there is growing public demand (p747), available from pharmacies. Leading article (p743). Letters (p771).

Atrial fibrillation

The third article in our continuing education series on atrial fibrillation looks at antithrombotic therapy (p773).

Financial services

A "Business focus" special feature this week discusses the various financial services that are available to pharmacy businesses (p779).