The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 271 No 7273
1 November 2003

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Leading Articles PDF (55K)   602

In limbo 602
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Out-of-hours medication services in England, as well as general out-of-hours medical cover, are in something of a limbo. There is still no sign of a review of medication services, expected from the Department of Health about a year ago

Do not recreate the generics problem 602
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Plans by the Department of Health to change the way pharmacists in England and Wales are reimbursed for generic medicines could provoke severe shortages, bringing back all the stress pharmacists and their patients experienced in 1999, the British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers is warning this week


News & Features   603-608

News summary 603-607
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Hot on the heels of new drugs in sport: undetectable or just not yet detected? 608
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Current media interest in drugs in sport has been stimulated by reports of a previously “undetectable” anabolic steroid. Jonathan Buisson reports on what this entity is and how it is now being detected by anti-doping authorities


Products PDF (90K)   609

• Products Text 609
• Announcements Text 609

• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text


Letters PDF (120K)   610-614

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Concordance / Law and Ethics / Out of hours / Ask about medicines / Ramadan / Needle exchange / Specials / Ramipril / Medication errors / Preregistration exam / The Charter / The Profession


Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   615-617
Recent articles

Hormone replacement therapy series

(1) an overview  615-617
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By Nuttan Tanna, PhD, MRPharmS
This article gives an overview of hormone replacement therapy in the United Kingdom so that the options open to patients can be explained


Articles   618-622

The regulation of clinical trials in the United Kingdom 618-622
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By Robin Harman, PhD, FRPharmS
Implementation of Directive 2001/20/EC in May 2004 will result in major changes to the ways in which clinical trials are conducted in the UK. Details of the new legislative framework are explained in this article


Original Papers   623-625

Community pharmacy’s contribution to improving public health: learning from local initiatives 623-625
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By Claire Anderson, PhD, MRPharmS, and Alison Blenkinsopp, PhD, FRPharmS
Aim • To identify recent and current projects involving the contribution of community pharmacy to improving the health of the public


Onlooker PDF (75K)   626

Bottle man This autumn marks the 200th anniversary of the death of a remarkable chemist. I was intrigued to come across an account of him in the October issue of Chemistry in Britain, by Colin Russell Text

Creepy-crawlies Spiders are often close associates of humans, since many live in our homes, often without due recognition. Others lurk in spun tubes and on delicate sheets of web in the open, and yet others scurry through the grasses in pursuit of food. There is even a water-spider that spends time within an air bubble inside a woven diving-bell in ponds Text

Polygraphs in the shade There has always been serious doubt about the justification for submitting individuals to some sort of polygraphic test when they are concerned with work that calls for honesty and integrity Text

Voice of science Scientists have influenced our life profoundly, and they do so increasingly today Text


The Society PDF (140K)   627-632

Charter links and articles

News
• Society seeks practice research medallist Text 627
• Head of pharmacy at East Anglia is to be Science Chairman for BPC 2005 Text 627
• New copyright law forces change to library's photocopy service Text 627

How work planned in 2002 is progressing Text 628
At the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's annual general meeting in May, the Hull branch asked questions about the progress of the work that the Society had itemised at the time of the retention fee increase in 2002. Responses were provided at the AGM and it was agreed to publish fuller details. This article, prepared in the Resources Directorate, provides that information

Statutory Committee
• Massive illegal supplies of co-proxamol lead to striking-off and reprimand Text 629-630
• London man's name restored to Register Text 630
• Reprimand for Humberside pharmacist who neglected to complete Controlled Drug register properly Text 630

Medicines, ethics and practice index
November cumulative list of amendments 631

Official notices 2001 to present
Statutory Committee decisions Text 631

Society meetings Text
Validation and aseptics updates (18 November) 632


Diary Text

• Branch meetings Text 632
• Society meetings Text 632
• Future events Text 609
• Conferences Text
• Reunions Text

Front Cover Picture
Media interest in drugs in sport has been fuelled recently by reports of a British sprinter testing positive for a previously undetectable anabolic steroid, tetrahydrogestrinone (THG). This week’s front cover picture illustrates our news feature, which looks at what THG is and how it is now being detected by anti-doping authorities

Generics reimbursement
The British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers says that the Department of Health’s plans for reimbursement of generics could create supply shortages
See also Leading article

Hormone replacement therapy
An article in our continuing professional development section gives an overview of hormone replacement therapy (PDF 130K)

Clinical trials
An article explains the details of new European legislation, due to be implemented in May 2004, that will result in major changes in the way in which clinical trials are conducted in the United Kingdom

Improving public health
Research published this week shows a high level of involvement of community pharmacists in local schemes to improve the public’s health (PDF 100K)