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603 Revised
draft charter makes Council too powerful, say SOS campaigners Too much power will be held by the reconstituted Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society under the revised draft Royal Charter issued for consultation by the Society last month, says an alliance of pharmacists formed earlier in the year under the banner “Save our society”
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603 PCTs
waiting for out-of-hours guidance Long-awaited guidance on out-of-hours medication services will be published “shortly”, according to the Department of Health
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604 HIV
drug resistance is on the increase New data from the national
HIV resistance database shows that patients exhibiting drug resistance
is increasing ...more
604 Shorter
treatment regimen for Hep C Research indicates that a 24-week
course of peginterferon alfa-2b (PegIntron) plus ribavirin (Rebetrol)
is as effective for hepatitis C as a 48-week course ...more
604 GI
safety of coxibs demonstrated Coxib drugs are less likely
than meloxicam to cause upper gastrointestinal (GI) side effects, research
has shown. However, they are more likely to cause strokes ...more
604 Postcode
prescribing review The Government is to review access to cancer
drugs recommended by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence,
following pressure from cancer charities ...more
605 Generics
reimbursement plans could lead to shortages, wholesalers warn The Department of Health's plans for reimbursement of generic medicines could create supply shortages next year, according to the British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers. In addition, recent plans to fix the price of four specific generics have been condemned as “cherry picking”
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605 Pharmacogenetics
research to receive £4m funding Funding to the tune of £4m has been allocated by the Department of Health to pharmacogenetics research
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605 Pharmacy
care role needs NHS support The place of community pharmacy
within integrated pathways of care for patients depends on support and
investment from the National Health Service, the North East London Local
Pharmaceutical Committee says in its response to the Department of Health's
vision for pharmacy document ...more
605 Welsh
deputy chief pharmacist dies Dr Fran Collins, deputy chief
pharmaceutical adviser to the National Assembly for Wales, has died of
cancer at the age of 47 ...more
605 NPA/PCPA
paper A template paper to help pharmacists convince primary
care trusts that pharmacies can help them meet their policy objectives
has been drawn up by the National Pharmaceutical Association and the
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606 Boots opens
new high-tech warehouse Boots opened a new, highly automated
dispensing warehouse in Nottingham last week ...more
606 Pharmacy
projects win HSJ awards Two projects involving pharmacists
were winners of this year's Health Service Journal awards ...more
606 Pharmacies
main route for self-testing kits Pharmacies are the main point
of sale for self-diagnostic products, sales of which were worth an estimated £58.3m
in September 2001, according to a report from market analysts Mintel
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606 Predisposition
to allergic reactions Patients who have had an allergic reaction
to one drug may be at increased risk for all drug-induced allergic events,
researchers say ...more
606 Welsh prescription
charges Jane Hutt, health and social services minister in
Wales, recently outlined proposals for the phasing out of prescription
charges ...more
607 Metformin
is effective for polycystic ovary syndrome Metformin is an
effective treatment to achieve ovulation in women with polycystic ovary
syndrome, research shows ...more
607 Doubt cast
over use of hydralazine for hypertension in pregnancy Research
has cast doubt over the use of hydralazine as a first-line treatment
for severe hypertension in pregnancy ...more
607 How pharmacy
can tackle obesity Pharmacists can help tackle obesity, a
recent meeting of the All-Party Pharmacy Group in Westminster was told
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607 Renal failure
with zoledronic acid Researchers from the Food and Drug Administration
in the United States report 72 cases of renal failure associated with
use of zoledronic acid (Zometa) in last week's New England Journal
of Medicine ...more
607 Drug-related
deaths increasing Deaths related to use of illicit drugs in
England and Wales are increasing, according to the latest surveillance
data published by the European Centre for Addiction Studies at St George's
Hospital, London ...more
607 Maintain
higher BP in acute phase Lowering blood pressure in the first
24 hours after stroke might be a bad idea, say researchers ...more
607 Bosentan
useful for digital ulcers Bosentan (Tracleer) can be used
to treat ulcers that form on the fingers in scleroderma, researchers
report ...more
607 Advantage
for tacrolimus Tacrolimus ointment is more effective than
pimecrolimus cream in atopic dermatitis, researchers claimed last week
at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology congress in Barcelona
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