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37 Prison pharmacy
services in England need to be brought up to NHS standard Pharmacy services within
prisons in England need to be brought up to standards equivalent to those within the National
Health Service over the next three years, according to a new report ...more
37 No need to remove supplements from sale yet, Society advises Community
pharmacies do not need to withdraw any vitamin or mineral supplement products from sale at present,
the Royal Pharmaceutical Society is advising. Regulations currently being discussed in Parliament
will not take effect until 1 August 2005...more
37 Law change will enable supply of drug paraphernalia The
law is being changed to allow pharmacists to supply drug paraphernalia to illicit drug users...more
38 Passive smoking issue raised by CMO The
health risk associated with passive smoking is one of five key public health issues highlighted
by the Chief Medical Officer for England in his annual report...more
38 Afternoon and evening hardest time for smokers to abstain Smokers
who use 16-hour nicotine patches to help them quit are more likely to experience their first
lapse in the afternoon or evening rather than in the morning, say researchers from St George's
Hospital Medical School, London...more
38 Buscopan move to GSL sought The manufacturer of Buscopan
(hyoscine butylbromide) is seeking reclassification of the drug to a general sale list medicine...more
39 New stroke warning for OTC products Over-the-counter
cough and cold products containing sympathomimetics can increase risk of stroke, researchers
say...more
39 Study dispels fears over contraceptive pill use and stroke New
research has found no evidence to support an association between low-dose oral contraceptive
use and ischaemic stroke...more
39 Thrombosis seen less frequently in cancer patients on dalteparin The
low-molecular-weight heparin, dalteparin (Fragmin), is more effective than warfarin for preventing
recurrent venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer, say researchers...more
39 Clue to how beta-blockers can work in heart failure Carvedilol
(Eucardic) seems to improve ventricular function in patients with heart failure, but only for
those with ischaemia or whose heart muscle fails to contract despite being viable. Indeed, a
positive response to carvedilol could be used as a test of myocardial ischaemic risk obviating
the need for coronary revascularisation...more
40 Which? questions NHS Direct advice Advice from NHS Direct is inconsistent and sometimes dangerous, according to the consumer magazine Which?...more
40 Call for NHS charges to be reviewed A
coalition of medical and consumer organisations is calling for the system of charges made under
the National Health Service, including prescription charges, to be reviewed...more
41 ETP decision is expected imminently A
decision on the way forward for electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) is expected within
a few weeks...more
41 Most endorsements do not change payments made Most
endorsements made by pharmacists make no difference to the reimbursement they receive for a prescription.
This is the conclusion of a new study from the Prescription Pricing Authority...more
41 Rowlands joins CCA Rowlands
Pharmacy has become the latest multiple pharmacy group to join the Company Chemists' Association...more
41 Little growth in OTC market in 2002 There
was little overall growth in the non-prescription medicines market last year, according to figures
from the Proprietary Association of Great Britain. However, in categories where medicines have
been reclassified to general sales list status, sales did grow...more |
Research & Development
42 "Artificial intelligence" picks best AIDS therapy "Artifical intelligence" could be used to find effective treatments for HIV-infected patients whose drug therapy is failing, say researchers...more
42 New cancer drug for relapsed myeloma A
new class of anticancer drugs has been shown to be active in patients with relapsed multiple
myeloma refractory to conventional therapy...more
42 Drugs for arthritic disease continue to show promise A
novel cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitor and a human anti-TNF antibody could help improve arthritic
disease, according to data presented at the annual meeting of the European League Against Rheumatism
held in Lisbon last month...more
42 Nanoparticles deliver hepatic drugs Japanese researchers
believe they have found a new way of delivering drugs to the liver...more
42 Cocaine dependence vaccine Xenova has reported results
from phase II studies showing its vaccine, TA-CD, for cocaine dependence is safe and well tolerated
with a dose-related immune response...more
NEWS IN BRIEF
38 CD handwriting exemption checks ...more
40 Children's NSF consultation ...more
40 Phoenix extends loans ...more
40 New website for CPA ...more |
