The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 272 No 7293 p405
3 April 2004

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Children's BNF to be launched in May

Plans for the launch of a new British National Formulary for children's medicines (BNF-C) will be announced at the BNF conference in May (PJ, 20 March, p365).

The formulary will be published jointly by the British National Formulary, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group, and is being prepared in the editorial offices of the BNF.

George Rylance, consultant paediatrician at the school of clinical medical sciences (child health) at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne has been appointed chairman of the paediatric formulary committee. Ian Costello, clinical lecturer and research fellow at the centre for paediatric pharmacy research at the School of Pharmacy in London has been appointed to lead the editorial work. Pharmacists Elizabeth Nix, Sukeshi Makhecha and Claire Keith are also part of the editorial team.