The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 pp633-658 No 7454
2 June 2007

Jobs and Classified advertising

Leading Articles   634

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Learn how to lobby — fast! 634
There is some irony in the recalls of parallel-traded Zyprexa and Plavix just before the closure of the consultation of the Office of Fair Trading “short market study” into the distribution of medicines in the UK. Pfizer — now using UniChem exclusively to distribute its products — said that one of the main reasons for introducing the arrangement was to protect its supplies from counterfeit medicines. Its rationale seems to be partly supported by the recalls
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Let us not end up with a poodle 634
Douglas Simpson, former editor of The Pharmaceutical Journal and member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Council, is an angry man. Speaking at the West Metropolitan branch meeting last week, he questions what right government advisers have to dictate how the Society will develop once its regulatory powers have been removed. He suggests that if the profession is not careful it will end up with a “body akin to a poodle”
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News & Features   635-640

News summary  635-639
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Lead stories
-First recall of parallel trade counterfeits ordered
-NICE committee meetings to be open to the public later this year
-Monthly remuneration to be reined in for England and Wales
-Suggestion of research relocation a "crude threat"
-Pharmacy bodies respond to OFT market study
-NPA supports patient group direction plan for CDs
-Drugs can never be used safely as weapons, says BMA report

What will be the functions of the GPhC? 640
With fall out from the Carter working party report focusing mainly on the establishment of “a body akin to a royal college”, it is important not to forget the proposed General Pharmaceutical Council. Dawn Connelly reports on what Lord Carter says about the planned new body
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Products   641

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Products   641
-New medicines
-SPC changes
-Discontinued products
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Announcements   641
-NPSA insert
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Recalls   641
-Plavix
-Zyprexa
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Letters   642-644

-White Paper
-Technicians
-Pseudoephedrine
-Community contract
-Substance misuse
-Dispensing errors
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Original papers   645-649

Let’s get practical: does it pay for female community pharmacists to work? 645-649
By Wendy Gidman, Karen Hassell, Jennie Day and Katherine Payne
Aim — To explore female community pharmacists' views on their remuneration and to consider how remuneration levels may influence their work patterns
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Veterinary Pharmacist (newsletter)   insert

Veterinary Pharmacist Group

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Onlooker   650

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Why are chemists so fond of explosions? 650
A commentary in the 10 May issue of Nature considers why chemists persist in making compounds that blow up in their faces and discovers an area of inconclusive suppositions. It points out that explosives arise in many varieties from regular military munitions to compounds designed to inflate airbags rapidly in times of emergency
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Polysiloxanes and the unfortunate motorist 650
Before interest in the recent spate of car breakdowns in the south-east of England fades away completely, it is perhaps worth taking a look at the background to the motorists' problem
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The hazards of pollution in the indoor world 650
In Nature for 17 May there is a note to the effect that a United Nations meeting has just failed to agree an action plan dealing with indoor pollution. A range of serious hazards related to cooking indoors is held to kill more people every year in poor countries than malaria. After a meeting, representatives from Switzerland and the European Union rejected a draft communication
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Abuse of prescription drugs is increasing 650
According to statistical reports from the US the abuse of prescription drugs there is on the increase, as visits to emergency departments reveal. A note in The Lancet for 5 May claims that hospital visits related to non-medical use of pharmaceuticals, including prescription drugs and over-the-counter products, increased 21 per cent between 2004 and 2005
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NEWS

Consultation on a framework for pharmacy practice is now open 651
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Publication of 31st edition of MEP is to be delayed 651
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Professional leadership focus at Scottish annual meeting 651
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Beware the creation of a “body akin to a poodle” 656
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Membership of Society's Registration Appeals Committee is announced 656
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Pharmacists should not wait for invitations to the NHS party 656
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REPORTS of BRM DEBATES
BRM past reports

Branch representatives' meeting 652-655
The reports of debates at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s branch representatives’ meeting on 17 May
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Official notices 2001 to present

Statutory Committee decisions 657
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Erasures from the Register on the direction of the Statutory Committee 657
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Obituaries & tributes 657-658

Obituaries
-Kaye

Tributes
-Kaye
-Wood

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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 658
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Society meetings 657-658
-Veterinary Pharmacists Group conference (8 June)
-Annual meeting of members in Scotland (12 June)
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Future events 641
-Aseptic services (18-19 June)
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