The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 pp571-594 No 7452
19 May 2007

Jobs and Classified advertising

Leading Article   572

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Shrouded in mist 572
Although Lord Carter of Coles has now endorsed the recommendations set out in the White Paper “Trust, Assurance and Safety”(p573) and supports the establishment of a pharmacy regulator — a General Pharmaceutical Council — the other structure — a body akin to a royal college — remains shrouded in mist, if not mystery
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News & Features   573-580

News summary, including R&D  573-579
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Lead stories
-Society given one year to win pharmacists over
-Royal college will destroy pharmacy infrastructure, says IPMI
-UK lags behind in uptake of new cancer drugs
-Pilot project will result in guidance on medicines reconciliation
-PSNC presses for more nationally agreed services
-Prospect of pharmacy access to care records raised
-Mental health pharmacy workforce needs boosting
-Micafungin is better tolerated than amphotericin B

Community pharmacists can play a key role raising awareness of bowel cancer 580
This week sees the publication of practice guidance on bowel cancer for community pharmacists, developed by the charity Beating Bowel Cancer and supported by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Dawn Connelly finds out how community pharmacists can raise awareness of the disease
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Products   581

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Products   581
-SPC changes
-Prescription products
-Supply issues
-Discontinued products
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Drug tariff updates   581
-England and Wales (May prescriptions)
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Broad Spectrum   582

Reflections on the latest investigation into medication review by pharmacists 582
By Nina Barnett and Felicity Smith
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Letters   583-586

-White Paper
-Dispensing errors
-Insect bites and stings
-Community contract
-Locum pharmacy
-Pseudoephedrine
-The Journal
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Articles   587-588

Pharmacy around the world
A taste of pharmacy in Saudi Arabia 587-588
Sultan Dajani was recently invited to the seventh International Saudi Pharmaceutical Conference to talk about the latest developments in UK pharmacy, including prescribing, repeat dispensing and self care. In this article, he gives his impressions of Saudi pharmacy
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Meetings   569

Reports index

King's Fund
Cash for medicines: is NICE price right? 569
Challenges faced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence were addressed by its chairman Sir Michael Rawlins in front of an audience of NHS managers, clinicians, economists and journalists at a briefing in London last week. Harriet Adcock reports
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Onlooker   590

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Chinese tradition meeting the challenge of today 590
An editorial published in the May issue of Chemistry World offers some observations on traditional Chinese remedies and, in particular, their role in China
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Is a growing exposure to musk perfumes putting health at risk? 590
A rather disturbing possibility is suggested in a recent report from the department of health of New York State. Researchers measured the concentration of several synthetic musk perfumes in breast milk from 39 American women and found that it was five times as high as that found in European women nearly a decade ago
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Hand structure suggests Flores “hobbit” is not our close relative 590
The minute hominoid — only one metre tall — whose remains were recovered from the Indonesian island of Flores continues to provoke interest and to stimulate controversy among palaeoanthropologists. He has been called many things, having been pronounced a pygmy, a diseased sample of Homo sapiens and a hobbit
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US chemistry research is no longer in a dominant position 590
When the American Chemical Society held its spring meeting in Chicago in March, a stormy future for chemical research in the US was forecast. A report from the National Research Council suggested that the future, in weather terms, was cloudy with a chance of showers. Another report considered that chemical engineering had a reasonably bright future but that future strength might depend on developing newer areas such as nanotechnology
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Community Pharmacist (newsletter)   insert

Community Pharmacist Group

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Scottish Pharmacy Board takes roadshow to the membership 591
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First annual dinner recognises fellows' contribution to pharmacy 591
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Statutory Committee Reports
Husband and wife struck off for catalogue of errors 592
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Official notices 2001 to present

Statutory Committee inquiries 593
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Obituaries & tributes 593

Obituaries
-Dobson
-Goldstone
-Kemp
-Lofthouse
-Moore

Tributes
-Binns
-Wood

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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 594
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Society meetings 594
-Parliamentary conference (21 May)
-Scottish roadshows (May/June)
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Future events 581
-Risk management (7 June)
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Awards 581
-Cardiovascular disease
-Prereg bursary
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Resources 581
-Childhood asthma
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Corrections 581
-NAWP president
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