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533 Government
proposes maximum price for four generics recently off patent Maximum
prices for generic versions of doxazosin, omeprazole, lisinopril and
simvastatin are proposed for England and Wales by the Department of Health,
from 1 December. Patents on these medicines expired during the past two
years and they have recently been the subject of considerable marketing
activity ...more
533 Rowlands
opens new pharmacy under LPS contract Rowlands Pharmacy has
opened a new pharmacy in Salford, Greater Manchester, that is dedicated
to providing medicines management under a local pharmaceutical services
contract ...more
534 Isle
of Wight dressings scheme saves PCT money and pays pharmacies more Allowing
nurses to order bulk supplies of surgical dressings from community pharmacies
on the Isle of Wight has saved the island's primary care trust money,
at the same time as increasing the amount paid to pharmacies by more
than 90 per cent ...more
534 PSNC
tells LPCs how to respond to control of entry consultation Local
pharmaceutical committees in England have been sent guidance by the Pharmaceutical
Services Negotiating Committee on responding to the Department of Health's
consultation on reform of the control of entry regulations ...more
534 Additional
brief for sole pharmacist MP Sandra Gidley, the pharmacist
Liberal Democrat MP for Romsey, Hampshire, has been given additional
responsibilities in a reshuffle of the party's shadow cabinet ...more
534 AAH
acquires East Anglian wholesaler AAH Pharmaceuticals is to
buy Norwich-based regional wholesaler East Anglian Pharmaceuticals ...more
535 Automation
an integral part of hospital pharmacy strategy moves in Scotland Automation
is an integral part of the Scottish strategy for pharmacy, Bill Scott,
chief pharmaceutical officer for Scotland, said last week ...more
535 Flexible
dosing of combination inhaler cuts asthma exacerbations Allowing
asthma patients to use flexible dosing of the combined budesonide/formoterol
(Symbicort) inhaler reduces the rate of severe exacerbations by 40 per
cent compared to fixed-dose treatment, according to a study reported
at a recent European respiratory meeting in Vienna ...more
535 Test
firing important for certain inhalers The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has issued a drug alert stating the importance of a “test fire” before using a Generics (UK) salbutamol inhaler for the first time
...more
535 New
SMC guidance this week New guidance from the Scottish Medicines
Consortium recommends Calfovit for calcium and vitamin D deficiency in
the elderly ...more
536 Survival
improved by letrozole after tamoxifen Treatment with the aromatase
inhibitor letrozole (Femara), after completion of standard tamoxifen
therapy, significantly improves disease-free survival early results of
a study have shown ...more
536 Trial
results made many women stop HRT Nearly six out of 10 women
in New Zealand stopped taking hormone replacement therapy after publication
of the results from the Women's Health Initiative study, according to
a new survey ...more |
536 Add-on therapy
cuts epilepsy seizures Adding levetiracetam (Keppra) to therapy
significantly increases the number of seizure-free days in difficult-to-treat
epilepsy, researchers report ...more
536 Antibodies
reduce interferon beta effect Neutralising antibodies, induced
by interferon beta against itself, may reduce the effect of the drug,
according to a new study ...more
536 Anaphylaxis
post-vaccination The risk of anaphylaxis after vaccination
is very rare in children and adolescents, researchers report ...more
536 Linezolid
advantage Linezolid (Zyvox) is more effective than vancomycin
for complicated skin and soft tissue infections caused by methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a trial shows ...more
536 Methotrexate
no use in ear disease Methotrexate is not effective in maintaining
hearing improvement in autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED), according
to American researchers ...more
536 Antibiotics
for Alzheimer's Doxycycline and rifampicin may delay decline
in Alzheimer's disease, Canadian researchers report ...more
537 Shortfalls
found in diabetes services Lack of services for the early
diagnosis of diabetes and subsequent education about the condition have
been highlighted by a new report ...more
537 Vardenafil
works when sildenafil fails The erectile dysfunction drug
vardenafil (Levitra) is effective in men who have been previously unresponsive
to sildenafil (Viagra), a study has shown ...more
538 Xenical patient
support service gets approval from Medicines Partnership A
telephone support service for patients receiving Roche's anti-obesity
product Xenical (orlistat) has been described as a model of best practice
by the Task Force on Medicines Partnership as part of Ask About Medicines
Week ...more
538 Work programme
for NICE announced The ninth work programme of the National
Institute for Clinical Excellence includes most of the treatments about
which the Department of Health consulted earlier this year ...more
538 BMJ tackles
concordance issues Last week's BMJ focused on concordance.
Some of the subjects examined included initiating preventive treatment,
attitudes towards drugs use in chronic conditions and improving compliance
...more
538 Patients
to get a voice at BMA council The British Medical Association
is to establish a 12-member patient liaison group, the chairman of which
will have an observer seat on the BMA council ...more |
