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165 Details
of the proposed new pharmacy contract for Scotland are revealed Basic
details of the new contract for community pharmacy in Scotland were outlined
last week ...more
165 Clarification
sought on control of entry exemptions The Government has been
asked to clarify what it means by two of the three exemptions it has
proposed to pharmacy contract controls ...more
166 Plans
to widen PGDs to more health professions Proposals to allow
dietitians, occupational therapists, prosthetists, orthotists and speech
and language therapists sell, supply and administer medicines under patient
group directions have been put forward in MLX294 by the Medicines and
Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ...more
166 Protocol
allows out-of-hours medicines for prisoners Prisoners in England
will be able to request non-prescription analgesics or antacids when
health care staff are not present under a new protocol developed by the
Prison Health Service and the Department of Health ...more
166 Safer
blister packs to start in October All blister packed medicines
that contain aspirin, paracetamol or iron will have to meet new British
Standard BS8404 for non-recloseable child resistant packaging for medicines
from October ...more
166 Health
food store cancer advice puts patients at risk Employees of
health food stores could be putting patients with breast cancer at risk
because the advice they give is not supported by sufficient evidence,
a new study suggests. Furthermore, recommendations from store assistants
are often unaccompanied by discussions about possible adverse effects
of a product, or its potential interaction with conventional cancer treatments
...more
167 Derby
scheme repeats success for pharmacy referrals for minor ailments Pharmacy
First, a scheme in Derby for referring patients with minor ailments to
see a pharmacist rather than a general practitioner, saved around 500
GP consultations a month ...more
167 Medicines
implicated in over 6 per cent of acute hospital admissions Patient
admissions to an acute medical unit in Nottingham over a six-month period
were related to medicines in over 6 per cent of cases and of these, two-thirds
were preventable, a study has shown ...more
167 Reading
joins rush to open a new school of pharmacy The University
of Reading has become the sixth English university in the past two years
to state an intention to open a new school of pharmacy. It hopes to take
its first students in October 2005 ...more
168 AstraZeneca
accused of patent abuse AstraZeneca has been accused by the
European Commission of misusing European government procedures to delay
the introduction of generic competition to Losec (omeprazole) ...more
168 Hospital
pharmacy vacancy rate falls slightly but remains high Six
per cent of hospital pharmacy posts in England had been vacant for at
least three months in March 2003, according to figures from the Department
of Health ...more
168 NICE
reviews its appraisal process Pharmacists and other health
care professionals are being invited to comment on how the National Institute
for Clinical Excellence conducts its appraisals. NICE is reviewing the
methods used in its technology appraisal programme and has published
two consultation documents ...more
168 Supplementary
prescribing training Pharmacists wishing to find out more
about the supplementary prescribing course at London Metropolitan University
can attend a presentation at the university on 13 August ...more
169 Genetic test
predicts how breast cancer responds Gene expression profiles
could be used to determine whether patients with breast cancer will respond
to docetaxel (Taxotere), researchers report ...more |
169 Use of HRT
linked to 20,000 extra breast cancers over past decade The
use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has resulted in an estimated
20,000 extra breast cancers in the United Kingdom over the past decade,
say researchers. Of these, 15,000 were associated with use of products
containing a combination of oestrogen and progestogen ...more
169 MeReC says
role for new topical eczema treatments is limited Atopic eczema
can be controlled in most patients through the avoidance of exacerbating
factors, and the use of emollients, topical corticosteroids and, where
indicated, oral antibiotics, according to the latest issue of MeReC
Bulletin ...more
169 Triple therapy
linked to non-response in patients with HIV New triple therapy
regimens for patients infected with HIV should not consist of the combination
abacavir (Ziagen), lamivudine (Epivir) and tenofovir (Viread), the European
Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products has warned ...more
169 Dioralyte
Relief to be GSL Aventis has applied for its raspberry and
blackcurrant flavoured Dioralyte Relief products to be reclassified as
general sale list medicines ...more
169 Heroin prescribed
for addicts Two randomised controlled trials have found that
co-prescription of inhaled heroin with methadone is more effective than
methadone treatment alone, and probably just as safe ...more
169 Paclitaxel
useful in lung cancer A triple therapy regimen of paclitaxel
(Taxol), etoposide and carboplatin appears to improve survival in patients
with small-cell lung cancer when compared with a regimen of etoposide,
carboplatin and vincristine ...more
169 Betel and
areca are carcinogenic Chewing betel quid, even without tobacco,
is carcinogenic to humans, says the International Agency for Research
on Cancer following an evaluation of published studies ...more
169 Web-based
smoking cessation plan An online smoking cessation programme
tailored to individuals has helped more people give up smoking than a
non-tailored programme, says GlaxoSmithKline ...more
Research & Development
170 Antibody
useful in renal-cell cancer A new treatment option for patients
with metastatic renal cancer has shown promise in a phase II trial ...more
170 Inhaled
apomorphine promising for erectile dysfunction treatment An
inhaled form of apomorphine has shown promise as a fast-acting treatment
for erectile dysfunction ...more
170 Protein
helps HIV avoid antiretrovirals A protein expressed by HIV-1 has been shown to stimulate host cells in such a way that the virus is able to set up viral reservoirs and “hide” from antiretroviral therapy
...more
170 Histone
deacetylase inhibitor may prevent pre-term labour in women Pre-term
labour in women could be prevented using a histone deacetylase inhibitor
to alter progesterone receptors, say researchers from the University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre, Dallas ...more
170 Pleural
mesothelioma hope Patients with pleural mesothelioma survive
longer and experience less pain and shortness of breath when treated
with cisplatin and pemetrexed ...more |
