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739 End
of CD hand-writing requirement? Computer-generated prescriptions
and registers for Controlled Drugs (CDs) should be permitted, according
to Government proposals ...[more]
739 New campaign against drug misuse A new Government drugs
campaign called "Talk to Frank" has been launched this week...[more]
739 European Court stops EC fining Bayer on parallel imports The European Commission is likely to lose its appeal against an order of the European Court quashing a €3m fine on Bayer for trying to prevent parallel imports of Adalat (nifedipine) to Britain from Spain and France...[more]
739 Parallel imports save the NHS &228m Parallel imports
saved patients and the National Health Service over £228m (€342m) in 2002,
according to the York Health Economics Consortium, a health economics consultancy...[more]
740 Unlicensed
ephedra under review in UK The Medicines and Healthcare products
Regulatory Agency is reviewing the use of Ephedra species in unlicensed
herbal remedies...[more]
740 Call to integrate complementary health care into health service Patients
are being denied safe access to the benefits of complementary medicine because such therapies
are not fully integrated into the health service, according to the Prince of Wales's Foundation
for Integrated Health...[more]
740 MHRA alert: Pan Pharmaceuticals The Medicines and Healthcare
products Regulatory Agency has issued a warning that Pan Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd, Australia,
has had its manufacturing authorisation suspended by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration
because of serious safety and quality breaches. These include substitution of ingredients, manipulation
of test results and substandard manufacturing processes...[more]
740 Drivers warned over OTC medicines Over-the-counter medicines
have inconsistent and inaccurate labels that pose a danger to drivers, the Department of Transport
says...[more]
741 NICE issues
guidance for breast and colon cancer The National
Institute for Clinical Excellence has issued further guidance on the
use of drug treatments in breast and colorectal cancer...[more]
741 Iron supplements could reduce fatigue in non-anaemic women Iron
supplements could solve the problem of unexplained fatigue in women even if they are not anaemic,
new research suggests. However, the effect may be restricted to women with a low blood ferritin
level...[more]
741 Osteoporosis drive launched in Scotland A drive to improve
osteoporosis treatment and awareness of the condition has been launched this week by the Scottish
Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, NHS Health Scotland and the National Osteoporosis Society...[more] |
741 BMJ looks at industry relations...[more]
741 Pain common in addiction...[more]
741 Treating alcoholism with topiramate...[more]
741 Smoking mothers should breast feed...[more]
741 Do one in 10 men have chlamydia?...[more]
 American
Thoracic Society conference 2003
742 Improved
control and compliance with compound inhaler for asthma patients...[more]
742 Bosentan improves survival in pulmonary hypertension patients...[more]
742 First year of life critical in asthma...[more]
742 Moxifloxacin better than standard...[more]
742 Texting compliance in asthma...[more]
742 Linezolid for resistant TB...[more] |
