News summary
PSNC waits for new Minister
over offer A remuneration offer for community pharmacy in England
is awaiting Ministerial approval, but has probably been delayed by the
recent appointment of David Lammy as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of
State for Health...[more]
PSNC foresees problems with draft LPS rules
as bids are delayed Draft regulations for local pharmaceutical
services (LPS) pilots have a serious flaw, according to the Pharmaceutical
Services Negotiating Committee...[more]
NICE seeks clinical pharmacists for appraisal
committee The National Institute for Clinical Excellence is
seeking two clinical pharmacists to join its independent appraisal committee,
replacing members whose terms of service have finished...[more]
Society proposals ignore its Royal Charter and
fail on proper professional representation, PSNC says Any proposals
to change the structure of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council
should uphold its Royal Charter and ensure satisfactory professional representation,
the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee believes. Current propositions
from the Society's modernisation steering group do neither, it says...[more]
CCA appoints first executives The
Company Chemists Association has appointed Colin Baldwin as its first
chief executive and Mike Keen as head of marketing and operations...[more]
GPs more likely to recommend OTCs
General practitioners are now eight times more likely to recommend patients
with minor ailments to use non-prescription medicines than they were five
years ago, according to new research from the Proprietary Association
of Great Britain...[more]
GPs say "yes" to new contract
General practitioners have voted in favour of a new GP contract...[more]
Donepezil trial raises ethical questions
The results of a trial which suggest that donepezil (Aricept) helps pilots
retain skills they have learnt during training have raised questions about
cognitive enhancement of healthy people...[more]
No immediate changes to HRT are necessary, says
Health Department Results of the Women's Health Initiative
study reported last week do not necessitate any immediate changes to the
treatment of women receiving hormone replacement therapy (HRT), says the
Department of Health...[more]
Public asked about genetic testing
A consultation process has been launched by the Human Genetics Commission
on whether genetic or gene testing kits should be available direct to
the public...[more]
Pharmacists in NI support CPD, but few practise
it fully Almost 90 per cent of pharmacists who responded to
a survey in Northern Ireland believe that it is essential for all practising
pharmacists to participate in continuing professional development (CPD).
However, few of them practise the full CPD cycle...[more]
Two protease inhibitors better than one after
failure of previous HIV treatment Using two new protease inhibitors
as part of a salvage regimen to treat HIV-infected patients whose previous
regimen has failed is better than using one new protease inhibitor, say
researchers...[more]
Caution required with atypical antipsychotic
drugs Atypical antipsychotic drugs are only a modest improvement
over older antipsychotic drugs and will not be suitable for all patients,
according to Professor Robin Murray, professor of psychiatry, Institute
of Psychiatry, London...[more]
Benefits of long-term growth hormone are unclear
Benefits of long-term treatment with growth hormone are unclear and data
only support treatment of patients with severely and permanently altered
growth hormone secretion, a study published in the BMJ
shows. However, the study is criticised for not taking into account that
the subjects received too little growth hormone too late...[more]
Commonwealth Games countdown The
XVII Commonwealth Games begin in Manchester on 25 July...[more]
Take-over of Pharmacia could lead to more mergers
Pfizer's $60bn (£40bn) take-over of Pharmacia could lead to a further
round of mergers among pharmaceutical companies...[more]
Introduction of one-stop health centres worries
local pharmacists in Ireland One-stop health centres being
introduced in the Irish Republic, under public-private partnership schemes,
are causing concern to local pharmacists, who fear their livelihoods could
be threatened...[more]
Nucare offers retail support to members
Nucare is to offer its members a merchandising service as part of a new
retail support programme for members...[more]
Aspirin plus anticoagulant better than aspirin
alone after coronary events Intensive treatment with an anticoagulant
or treatment with aspirin plus an anticoagulant is more effective than
aspirin alone in reducing cardiovascular events following myocardial infarction
or unstable angina, say researchers from the Netherlands...[more]
First case of VRSA in United States
The first case of <I>Staphylococcus aureus </I>with high-level
resistance to the antibiotic vancomycin has been reported in the United
States, according to the Public Health Laboratory Service, London...[more]
Prescribers need to address the problem of antibiotic
resistance The problem of antibiotic resistance needs to be
addressed by both prescribers and politicians, not just at a research
level, Professor Sebastian Amyes, department of medical microbiology,
University of Edinburgh, said at a symposium on anti-infectives held in
London...[more]
New antifungal launched...[more]
Peginterferon alfa-2a launched...[more]
AAH forecasts
the weather...[more]
ETP evaluation...[more]
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