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3 Generics companies are sued for £28m The Government
is suing three generics companies for damages of more than £28m plus interest, alleging
that the companies conspired to fix the supply and price of warfarin products and, as a result,
overcharged the National Health Service...[more]
3 MCA asks for views on freedom of information
and ending section 118 The Medicines Control Agency has launched
a public consultation on commercial and other aspects of confidentiality
enshrined in the Medicines Act 1968, section 118 and its associated Regulations,
and whether they should be modified...[more]
3 Kava products banned from 13 January Products
containing the herbal ingredient kava are to be banned...[more]
3 PCTs in England get three-year budgets for
the first time Primary care trusts in England have been told
how much money they will have to spend on health care over the next three
years...[more]
4 Thiazide
diuretics preferred in ALLHAT as first step in treating hypertension ... while moderate lipid
lowering
adds little benefit Thiazide-type diuretics should be the
preferred choice for first-line treatment in patients with hypertension,
researchers recommend, following the publication of a major trial comparing
different classes of antihypertensive therapy...[more]
5 CBE
for ABPI's Trevor Jones in New Year honours list Professor Trevor Jones, FRPharmS,
has been made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's new year honours list...[more]
5 NICE
should not ask if illness is "self-induced" — citizens council The
National Institute for Clinical Excellence should not consider whether
a disease or condition is "self-induced" when drawing up guidance
for the National Health Service, the institute's citizens council has
decided...[more]
5 Put forward topics to NICE for guidance The
National Institute for Clinical Excellence is asking health care professionals
and members of the public to suggest conditions and treatments for which
it should develop guidance...[more]
5 Lloyds looks overseas Lloydspharmacy
recruited 101 pharmacists from Spain and Portugal in the first 10 months
of 2002 and offered places for a further 83 to start before the end of
January 2003...[more]
6 Drug
price competition has little effect on NHS buying, PPRS study finds Price competition
is not a major driver of the market for branded pharmaceuticals within the National
Health Service, according to a new study of how the Pharmaceutical Price
Regulation Scheme works...[more]
6 Use Tamiflu for prevention not treatment of
'flu, says DTB OSELTAMIVIR (Tamiflu), a new oral influenza drug, should be used for the prevention of influenza, in addition to vaccination, but not treatment, according to Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin...[more]
6 Deregulation
wrong — Irish minister A
minister in the Irish government has spoken out against deregulation
of the sector even though a policy decision to open up the market has
already been taken and is soon to be implemented...[more] |
