The Pharmaceutical Journal, February 10, 2001
The Pharmaceutical Journal, February 10, 2001 |
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 Front Cover PictureOur front cover picture (Mary Evans Picture Library) shows a view, circa 1700, over London Bridge towards the City of London, home of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries. Three hundred years ago, that society was involved in a landmark legal case — the Rose case — which legitimised the place of the apothecary in the practice of medicine and which has echoed down the years until today. Article (p191). Welsh NHS planThe National Health Service plan for Wales, unveiled on February 2, says that pharmacists in Wales could be prescribing under the NHS by 2004 (p175). Leading article (p173). NSAIDs and miscarriagePregnant women have been advised by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to avoid non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the light of Danish research suggesting that their use is associated with an increased risk of miscarriage (p178). Amgen in profileHow Amgen is making the transition from biotechnology company to fully fledged pharmaceutical company is the subject of a business profile this week (p181). PrescribingPrescribing in the consumer age was discussed by the United Kingdom Drug Utilisation Group at its annual meeting in London recently (p196). |