The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 pp547-572 No 7478
17 November 2007

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Leading Article   548

Your Society needs you! 548
It may seem premature to start thinking about the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council election for 2008 but those pharmacists and technicians who are considering putting their names forward should start planning in earnest now. Potential candidates need to discuss their plans with employers, particularly if they need to negotiate Council commitments around their work schedule
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News & Features   549-558

News summary, including R&D  549-556
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Lead stories
-Pharmacists oppose transfer of global sum to PCTs
-Government defends the electronic patient record against criticism from MPs
-Greater public understanding of NICE needed
-Reduction in the retention fee increase fails to quell dissent
-Extra 14p per CD for four months
-Temporary registrants unavoidable
-Safety should be sole criterion for reclassification
-Pharmacy double victory in Scottish Health Awards
-New HIV medicine set for launch
-Prasugrel cuts CV deaths but raises bleeding risk
-Pitrakinra study indicates potential of targeted therapy for asthma

Why the UK must continue to nurture skills required for drug development 557
As Asia gains ground as an attractive research location for companies developing new medicines, and regulations threaten trials based in Europe, Tom Moberly looks at work the Government and others are doing to nurture UK drug development skills
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Responsible pharmacist
Responsible pharmacist: what should be in the procedures and record? 558
The responsible pharmacist consultation dedicates two chapters to what the pharmacy procedures and record should cover. Dawn Connelly reports
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Products   559

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Products   559
-New medicines
-SPC changes
-Products miscellany
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Drug tariff updates   559
-England and Wales
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Broad Spectrum   560-561

The electronic prescription service: when will we get it together? 560
By Stephen Goundrey-Smith
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Responsible pharmacist
Why it is important to respond to the responsible pharmacist consultation 561
By Chris Morris
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Letters   562-565

-Retention fees
-Pack sizes
-Supervision
-Safety
-Locum pharmacy
-NHS and pricing
-The Society
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Articles   566-567

Setting the standards for medicines — the British Pharmacopoeia 566-567
The British Pharmacopoeia, published annually, is the only comprehensive collection of standards for UK medicinal substances. Ged Lee, Matilda Vallender and Stephen Young discuss the history behind and the current work that produces the British and European pharmacopoeias
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Meetings   568-569

Reports index

Palliative Care Pharmacists Network
Is it the patient who benefits from treatment for the “death rattle”? 568-569
Palliative care pharmacists heard presentations on a variety of clinical and practical topics relating to their field. Margaret Gibbs reports
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Community Pharmacist (newsletter)   insert

Community Pharmacist Group

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Onlooker   570

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Ash, hazel and the viper 570
The lurking habits of snakes and the methods recommended to deal with their menace to humans are recorded from ancient times. In classical antiquity there was a belief that the humble ash tree offered protection against the poisoning menace of snakes of all kinds
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Standing and staring 570
“What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare?” wrote the poet William Henry Davies in ‘Leisure’, 1911. It is easy to dismiss the idea as petty and pointless. Yet it calls for serious thought
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Meaningless names 570
The classification of a psychiatric disorder has now become the subject of intense controversy
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Psychosis after cannabis 570
A comment in the 29 July 2007 issue of <em>The Lancet</em> offers some valuable information and some dire warnings regarding the likelihood of unpleasant consequences for those youths who use cannabis. It is known that this is the most commonly abused illegal substance in most countries, including the UK and the US
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SPB urges ministers to use Scotland's pharmacists more 571
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Society appoints new head of public affairs and head of practice 571
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Official notices 2001 to present

Erasure from the Register on the direction of the Statutory Committee 572
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Disciplinary Committee: interim orders 572
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Statutory Committee inquiries 572
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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 572
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Resources 559
-Planning ahead
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Corrections/clarifications 559
-Clarke Inquiry panel
-Digital CD log
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