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103 Shipman
Inquiry makes recommendations on CDs Recommendations to improve
the safety of the prescription and supply of Controlled Drugs were made
last week when the fourth report of the Shipman Inquiry was presented
to the House of Commons ...more
103 Pharmacist
was victim of deliberate deception by Shipman A pharmacist who dispensed prescriptions for diamorphine written by Harold Shipman was the “victim of a deliberate deception by an accomplished liar”, according to the fourth report of the Shipman Inquiry, published last week. Ghislaine Brant worked in the pharmacy next door to Shipman's surgery in Hyde
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103 Talks
start on financial elements of new pharmacy contract Negotiations
between the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee and the Department
of Health on financial elements of the planned new pharmacy contract
have started ...more
104 Members
likely to support Charter Substantial support for the draft
new Royal Charter for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society can be expected
if a meeting held to consider the matter shows the trend ...more
104 Medicines
management can be improved by NHS and industry working in partnership The
pharmaceutical industry fails to understand the medicines management
skills of pharmacists, according to a report published last week into
how to improve partnership working between the industry and the NHS ...more
104 Spending
boost will depend on public involvement Government plans to
boost NHS spending by 7.2 per cent above inflation for the next three
years are dependent on the public taking an active role in preventing
ill health, health economists have warned ...more
104 NICE
proposes fast interim appraisal system A quick appraisal process
has been proposed by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence for
new products that are introduced after full appraisal of earlier related
products ...more
105 Suicide
rates similar with SSRIs and tricyclics Rates
of suicidal behaviour, which can increase after patients with depression
start treatment with antidepressants, are similar among users of selective
serotonin re-uptake inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants, according
to researchers from Boston collaborative drug surveillance programme,
Boston University ...more
105 More
published evidence counters use of atypical antipsychotics in dementia More
evidence to counter the use of atypical antipsychotic drugs in dementia
has been published ...more
105 MPs
want all research online Details of all UK academic research
should be deposited in online repositories where it can be read free
of charge, the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has
said ...more
105 Access
to trial data needed New standards of transparency must be
adopted by the pharmaceutical industry so that clinicians and patients
have access to all the information they need when deciding whether or
not to use a drug, according to Paul Ramchandani, department of psychiatry,
University of Oxford ...more
105 Amoxicillin
injection recall CP Pharmaceuticals is recalling amoxicillin
250mg vials with batch number 3G07KJ because of concerns of possible
sub-potency of the product ...more
105 CRHP
name change The Council for the Regulation of Healthcare Professionals
wants to be known as the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence
because it believes that the new name more clearly reflects its responsibilities
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105 Central
NHS targets to be cut Improved NHS services mean that 42 of
the 62 centrally set targets are to be dropped. Instead, service providers
are to be allowed to set locally agreed targets ...more
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106 Action expected
on veterinary medicines supply Intense activity in the field
of veterinary medicines can be expected over the next 15 months as the
Veterinary Medicines Directorate and the Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs implement new European legislation ...more
106 New cholesterol
campaign A campaign to help people understand the effects
cholesterol can have on health has been launched by the charity Developing
Patient Partnerships ...more
106 Statins safe
and effective for children Atherosclerosis in children with
familial hypercholesterolaemia can be safely and effectively reversed
with statin treatment, a new study has confirmed ...more
106 PAGB relaunches
diploma for OTC industry A training initiative that aims to
help people working in the over-the-counter medicines industry communicate
better with their pharmacist customers has been relaunched this week
by the Proprietary Association of Great Britain ...more
106 Bayer to
buy Roche OTCs Bayer AG has agreed to buy Roche Consumer Health,
including five manufacturing sites, from Roche for €2.38bn ...more
107 Information
access still lacking in developing world Access to information
for most health professionals working in the developing world has not
improved in the past 10 years despite the revolution in information technology,
researchers revealed last week ...more
107 WHO publishes
guidance on preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV A
regimen of zidovudine from 28 weeks of pregnancy plus a single-dose of
nevirapine during labour is highly effective in preventing mother-to-child
transmission of HIV, according to recent guidelines published by the
World Health Organization ...more
107 UK government
pledges £154m to Global Fund The Government has announced
a pledge of £154m to the Global Fund, to help combat AIDS, tuberculosis
and malaria in developing countries. The money, which will be given over
the next three years, effectively doubles the existing pledge for 2005–07
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107 Malaria combination
treatment regimens reviewed The ideal regimen for the treatment
of malaria has yet to be discovered, according to a new review of available
agents. In the meantime, mefloquine plus artesunate and clindamycin plus
quinine are among the best options currently available, the authors state
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108 Evidence
for new indications for modafinil is lacking, says DTB There
is little published evidence to justify the use of modafinil (Provigil)
for the treatment of excessive sleepiness associated with chronic disease
or shift work, according to the latest Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin ...more
108 Beta-blockers
for heart failure Concerns about prescribing beta-blockers
for patients with heart failure with systolic dysfunction because of
cardiovascular adverse effects may be alleviated by new research ...more
108 Niacin protects
for Alzheimer's Dietary intake of niacin (from both food and
supplements) seems to protect against Alzheimer's disease ...more
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