The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 pp353-384 No 7445
31 March 2007

Jobs and Classified advertising

Leading Article   354

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Future must be built on trust 354
Although the devil is always in the detail, there seems to be a great deal of support for the establishment of a royal college-type body to serve pharmacy and associated professions, and thereby, the public. This week's issue carries a number of items approaching the issue from different angles
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News & Features   355-361

News summary  355-361
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Lead stories
-Controlled Drug supply under PGD set to expand
-Consultation begins on pharmacist independent prescribing of CDs
-PSNC and DoH publish details of community pharmacy patient questionnaire requirements
-Pharmacists need to see anticoagulation test results
-Agreement backed by 18 pharmacy organisations says that royal college should be all-encompassing
-Mixed views on success of Pfizer distribution scheme
-All change for top positions at key pharmacy bodies
-Smoking ban helps people to quit
-Low-dose aspirin as effective as higher dose after percutaneous coronary intervention — and safer

Products   362-363

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Products   362-363
-SPC changes
-Prescription products
-Discontinued products
-Products miscellany
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Recalled products   362
-Taxol
-Vepesid
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Announcements   363
-Independent supplement
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Broad Spectrum   364

Profession should invest some faith in a metamorphosis of the Society 364
By Sandra Gidley
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Letters   365-368

-Pseudoephedrine
-Dispensing
-Remote supervision
-White Paper
-Product promotion
-Children's medicines
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Interview   369-370

The Society has not met its Waterloo 369-370
With the Royal Pharmaceutical Society moving into uncharted waters, Olivia Timbs asks the President, Hemant Patel, about his views of its future
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Articles   371-372, 377

Qualitative research
Tools for data collection and analysis 371-372, 377
In this article (part 2 of two) Therése Kairuz, Keith Crump and Anthony O'Brien discuss two methods of data collection in qualitative research
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   373-376

Recent articles

Probiotics: are they worth taking?   373-376
Pamela Mason looks at the evidence for the benefits of ingesting “friendly bacteria”
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Meetings   378-379

Reports index

Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee
Concern over responsible pharmacist 378-379
Issues affecting community pharmacy contractors were debated recently. Dawn Connelly, Olivia Timbs and Michael Thompson report
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Onlooker   380

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Reducing the risk of the commercial health market 380
There is no lack of evidence that pharmaceutical manufacturers have in recent years intensified their advertising and promotional activities and introduced new techniques to persuade prescribers to use their products
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Prospecting for gold in the Emerald Isle 380
There is an interesting story related in the 27 January issue of New Scientist regarding the legend of a gold mine in a river valley in Ireland
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Growing interest in opportunities to work in forensic science 380
Forensics is an unusual aspect of investigation for the pure or even the applied scientist. According to a report in the 15 February issue of Nature, the combination of intrigue, curiosity and elitism called for in adopting a career in forensics has captured the imagination of millions of students — perhaps stimulated by a number of current television series centred on forensic science
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Stirring words 380
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Society begins the search for a new Chief Executive and Registrar 381
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Guide to adult intravenous nutrition published 381
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Updated fact sheet on CDs is now available 381
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Curiosities from Society's rare book collections go on display in library 382
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Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001 to present
Restriction on OTC pack sizes of analgesics containing codeine or dihydrocodeine 382
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Official notices 2001 to present

Statutory Committee decisions 383
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Obituaries & tributes 383-384

Obituaries
-Bannister
-Ehrbar
-Staffiere
-Williams
-Wong

Tributes
-Bannister
-Staffiere

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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 384
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Society meetings 383
-Symposium: Analytical support for clinical trials (2 May)
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Future events 363
-FIP congress (31 August-6 September)
-CPA conference (1-5 August)
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Awards 363
-Prescribing and medicines management
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