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461 Labour
to abolish Welsh script charge The Labour Party in Wales has
promised that it will abolish prescription charges in the principality
if it is returned to power in the National Assembly
for Wales general election ...[more]
463 Atorvastatin
reduces relative risk of heart attack by a third in hypertensives Atorvastatin
reduces the relative risk of myocardial infarction by more than a third
in patients with hypertension at moderate risk of developing cardiovascular
events, researchers report. However, this large
reduction corresponds with an absolute reduction in cardiovascular events
of less than four events per 1,000 patient years...[more]
463 Target cholesterol values of <=5mmol/L are unrealistic Target
serum cholesterol values of 5mmol/L or less may be unrealistic even for patients on the most
efficacious lipid-lowering drugs, according to researchers from the Nottingham University...[more]
463 New medicines regulatory agency The Medicines and Healthcare
Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) was launched on 1 April. The agency has been formed from a
merger of the Medicines Control Agency and the Medical Devices Agency...[more]
464 Placebo effect
only for homoeopathic medicines used for childhood asthma Homoeopathic
remedies are no better than placebo in improving the quality of life
of children with mild to moderate asthma, a new study suggests...[more]
464 Contraceptive pill tops usage survey The contraceptive pill
is the form of contraception most commonly used by women aged under 50 years, a survey shows...[more]
464 "Square" to produce guidelines on support for disabled students Research
into improving provision for disabled pharmacy students is to be carried out at the School of
Pharmacy, University of London...[more]
464 Link between length of oral contraceptive use and risk of cervical
cancer confirmed A potential link between extended use of oral contraceptives and
an increased risk of cervical cancer has been confirmed. However, more research is needed to
establish the extent to which women remain at increased risk after they stop taking oral contraceptives...[more]
465 NSFs are
driving prescribing costs to outstrip primary care budget increases National
service frameworks are the main driver behind prescribing cost increases
which outstrip primary care budget increases...[more]
465 Second wave of LPS pilots start New local pharmaceutical
services (LPS) pilots have started in London and Manchester...[more]
465 Boots withdraws Wellbeing services Boots The Chemists has
announced that it is to withdraw its Wellbeing services completely. The decision follows the
discontinuation of some of the complementary health Wellbeing services in February this year...[more]
465 Consulting areas for Superdrug stores Superdrug is to introduce
screened consulting areas to its stores following positive feedback from customers about the
20 stores that have private consulting rooms...[more]
466 Pharmacy
promoted at Scottish Labour Party conference Community
pharmacies were promoted as local walk-in centres to delegates at the
recent Labour Party Scottish annual conference in Dundee...[more]
466 New NICE work schedule set out Treatments for coronary heart
disease, cancer, dementia and eczema are just some of the drugs to be reviewed by the National
Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)...[more]
466 Advice will cascade in event of terrorism Specific advice
about what pharmacists should do in the event of a terrorist threat has not yet been issued at
a national level...[more]
466 Better use
of IT wins awards...[more]
466 NHS performance
indicators...[more]
466 NPC set to
expand...[more]
466 Welsh prescribing
developments...[more]
466 MeReC update...[more]
466 Welsh complaints
change...[more]
466 New
Health Protection Agency...[more]
467 National
body takes on NHS complaints Responsibility for
reviewing complaints about National Health Service treatment or services
is to be transferred from trusts to the Commission for Healthcare Audit
and Improvement...[more]
467 Marketing scheme lifts sales for UniChem ales of non-prescription
medicines at pharmacies that are members of UniChem's Community Pharmacy Initiative plus (CPI+)
scheme have increased by more than 10 per cent in the past year, the company says...[more]
467 New drug treatment for hepatitis B Adefovir dipivoxil (Hepsera),
a new treatment for chronic hepatitis B is being launched by Gilead Sciences...[more]
467 OFT fines Genzyme Genzyme Ltd has been fined £6.8m
by the Office of Fair Trading for setting a price for Cerezyme (imiglucerase) that made competition
from other suppliers impossible...[more]
467 Moxifloxacin
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OFT report American
College of Cardiology congress News in brief
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461 Chancellor favours deregulation Whitehall
sources have confirmed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown,
is in favour of the Office of Fair Trading's
recommendation to remove restrictions on National Health Service pharmacy
services...[more]
461 Pharmacists urged to continue campaigning against the Office of Fair
Trading’s call for deregulation Pharmacists should continue campaigning activity against the Office of Fair Trading's recommendation on deregulation, Hemant Patel, a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council, told The Journal this week...[more]
462 Conflicting
views expressed over Parliamentary responses to OFT report The
National Pharmaceutical Association is disappointed with the Government's
response to the Office of Fair Trading's recommendation on the regulation
of community pharmacy...[more]
462 Customers worried about loss of pharmacies A new survey
has revealed a high level of customer concern at the prospect of a reduced local pharmacy service...[more]
 American College of Cardiology congress more
468 ACE inhibitors
are better than calcium channel blockers as first-line therapy Using
angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors rather than calcium channel
blockers (CCBs) to treat newly diagnosed hypertension in primary care
gives better cardiovascular outcomes, according to research presented
at the American College of Cardiology congress in Chicago...[more]
468 Heart failure after myocardial infarction gives poor prognosis Many
patients develop heart failure (HF) or left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD), or both,
during their stay in hospital after a heart attack. They are four times more likely to die in
hospital than patients who do not develop these complications, according to results presented
at the American College of Cardiology congress in Chicago this week...[more]
468 Rosuvastatin beats other statins head-to-head Treatment
with rosuvastatin (Crestor) gives greater reductions in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)
compared with three other statins in a parallel head-to-head trial...[more]
468 Long-term statins reduce anxiety ... and atrial fibrillation Long-term
use of statins was associated with a reduced risk of anxiety, depression and hostility in 140
elderly patients who used statins continuously for an average of four years, compared with 219
patients who used them intermittently and 231 who did not use them...[more]
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