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The Pharmaceutical Journal, July 28, 2001

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Leading Article   
   Having its cake

News & Features   
   News

   Why the four-year MPharm is a success [more]

   What does the future hold for health authority pharmaceutical advisers? [more]

Comment   
   Broad Spectrum: Why medicines information leaflets do nothing to promote concordance [more]

   Letters to the Editor

Continuing Education   
   New uses for old drugs: Thalidomide regains respectability as new benefits are discovered
   »(PDF*, 60K)

Articles   
   Medicines control agency: Recommendations on the control and monitoring of storage and transportation temperatures of medicinal products
   »(PDF*, 65K)

Onlooker

The Society   
   News
   Law and Ethics Bulletin
   
Notice-board
   Series index updated
   Guide to the Society updated
   Branch meetings
   Future events
   Conferences
and more

Products


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Front Cover Picture
Our front cover picture this week draws attention to the fact that the first students of the new four-year pharmacy degree courses in England and Wales graduate this summer. A news feature looks at how schools of pharmacy have altered their courses to justify the award of Master of Pharmacy.

Generics
The Department of Health is proposing two options for changing the market for generic medicines — fixed prices or competitive tendering. Leading article.

Pharmaceutical advisers
Health authority pharmaceutical advisers in England are waiting to hear how their jobs might be affected by new National Health Service reforms. News Feature.

Thalidomide
In the latest article in our continuing education series on “New uses for old drugs”, thalidomide is investigated.

MCA storage guidance
The Medicines Control Agency has produced recommendations on the control and monitoring of storage and transportation temperatures of medicinal products.

Product recall
Boehringer Ingelheim is recalling a batch of Bonefos 400mg capsules.


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