The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 pp607-632 No 7480
1 December 2007

Jobs and Classified advertising

Leading Articles   608

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Hanging on the White Paper 608
There is some good news for pharmacists in England. Health minister Ben Bradshaw has confirmed that primary care trusts are not going to be able to raid monies destined for pharmacy when responsibility for distributing it is devolved to them, after the Health and Social Care Bill comes into force sometime next year
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Don't underestimate impact of pandemic 608
It is reassuring when the Government is seen to have been doing its homework. Its plans for dealing with the impact of an influenza pandemic is a good example
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News & Features   609-618

News summary  609-615
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Lead stories
-Pharmacists to have new powers during pandemic
-Regulation oversight body launches legal challenge to a Statutory Committee decision
-Anti-counterfeiting strategy
-Report highlights little progress in implementing PBC
-Global sum is secure, minister tells Parliament
-Oxfam criticises industry over access to medicines
-Revised estimates put global HIV at 33.2 million
-Omalizumab approved for allergic asthma sufferers
-Leeds needle exchange services scoop HSJ award

Drug counterfeiters face new obstacles 616
Last week the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency launched its first three-year strategy to tackle the problem of counterfeit medicines and medical devices. Matthew Wright looks at what the strategy entails
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Possible changes to legislation to be enacted in the event of a flu pandemic 617-618
New powers may be given to community pharmacists to ease pressure on general practices and community services during an influenza pandemic. The Department of Health has published a consultation that outlines the ways in which legislation could be amended. Dawn Connelly reports
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Products   619

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Products   619
-Prescription products
-Supply issues
-Discontinued products
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Recalled products   619
-Chloramphenicol
-Hypromellose
-Timolol
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Broad Spectrum   620

Independent prescribing adds value 620
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Letters   621-623

-Registration
-Retention fees
-Influenza
-NHS
-Community pharmacy
-Ventolin
-The Society
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Articles   624-625

Pharmacy around the world

Iraqi pharmacists contend with violence, murder and uncertainty … 624-625
Pharmacy colleges in Iraq face a shortage of academic staff, as many opt to leave the country, rather than face an uncertain future. Pamela Mason contacted Iraqi pharmacist, Ayad Ali, who spoke about the conditions faced by pharmacists in Baghdad and beyond
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… but in northern Iraq the future looks brighter 625
Iraqi pharmacists have reasons to be cheerful, according to Kamaran Ghareeb, whose recent visit to Iraq has left him feeling optimistic about the future
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Meetings   626

Reports index

FIP (International Pharmaceutical Federation congress)
FIP congress supplement ready now 626
Our extended coverage of the recent FIP congress is published in a 40-page supplement, writes Graeme Smith. Readers can ask for a copy now
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Prescribing & Medicines Management

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NPC launches interactive prescribing and medicines management resource PM1
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Current issues affecting PCO activity PM2-3
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Taking on new areas of practice by becoming an independent prescriber PM3
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How supplementary prescribing can work in a substance misuse service PM4
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Reviews   627

Nature's alchemist: John Parkinson, herbalist to Charles I 627
by Anna Parkinson
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Merlin   628

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Sailing boats with wings 628
A recent report claimed that the contribution of carbon emissions from ships to climate change had been greatly underestimated and that, globally, they may exceed those of aircraft
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Biodynamic gardener 628
There was an interesting advertisement for pharmacists by a large multiple in this year’s BPC Supplement to The Journal which used as its basis an old wives’ tale about treating corns on the feet at the right phase of the moon. By coincidence, Merlin was recently drawn to an article on biodynamics
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Old pharmacists never die; instead they just seem to fade away 628
Some time ago, while going through some old copies of The Journal before dissecting them for keepables and recycling the remaining paper, I reread the “A certificate’s story” from the Christmas Miscellany of a few years ago
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New guidance launched on how to handle medicines in care homes 629
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DDA and Society’s technicians register not comparable630
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New benevolent fund manager630
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Museum wins heritage fund award for educational and outreach activities630
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Museum display explores popular medicines630
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Timetable of informal half-day presentations by inspectors for preregistration trainees published631
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Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001 to present

Corrections to “Medicines, ethics and practice”, p26 and p30 concerning Controlled Drugs

Operating department practitioners and ordering of Controlled Drugs (p26) 631
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The retention of veterinary Controlled Drug prescriptions (p30) 631
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Official notices 2001 to present

Erasure from the Register on the direction of the Statutory Committee 632
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Obituaries & tributes 632

Obituaries
-Cheeseley
-Foster
-Iles
-McGuigan
-McKee
-Penney
-Pollard
-Skipp
-Vora

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Diary
Diary / Health events

Branch meetings 632
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Resources 619
-ABPI code
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