Front Cover Picture
Our front cover picture is of Market Towers on the banks of the River
Thames in London. Market Towers is the home of the Medicines Control Agency,
senior staff of which were interviewed by The Journal recently
(p85).
Medicines management
Steps towards medicines management in the National Health Service
are indicated by the placement of an advertisement this week for the leader
of an action team that is to develop services under the auspices of the
National Prescribing Centre (p68).
PSNC changes
The leadership of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee
may be entrusted to non-pharmacists (p69).
Triple antiretroviral tablet
A preparation containing three antiretroviral agents in one tablet
has been launched by Glaxo Smithkline (p74).
Emergency hormonal contraception
Pharmacists believe that emergency hormonal contraception is suitable
for over-the-counter sale and that they are ready to take on the task,
research published this week suggests (p89).
Training for pharmacists on how to deal with requests for EHC is distributed
with this week’s Journal (see p72).
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