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37 Pharmacists
can play a greater role in public health Pharmacists could play a much greater role in public health, according to Miriam Armstrong, chief executive of PharmacyHealthLink. This is demonstrated by a report published this week that highlights problems with the population’s health, she explained
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37 Four
pharmacy technicians are the first to register with the Society this
week Four pharmacy technicians became the first to register
with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society this week ...more
37 Proportion of “practising” pharmacists increases The proportion of pharmacists who have registered with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society as “practising” has substantially increased since last week
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37 Reading
school of pharmacy to be launched next week The new school
of pharmacy at the University of Reading will be officially launched
next week after recently obtaining approval for its MPharm degree course
from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society ...more
38 Lack
of awareness of cancer risks highlighted People know that stopping smoking reduces the risk of getting cancer but far fewer are aware of the importance of other lifestyle factors. This is the finding of a survey conducted by Cancer Research UK to mark its latest public health campaign called “Reduce the risk”
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38 Hormone
replacement therapy not recommended for stroke prevention Hormone
replacement therapy (HRT) cannot be recommended for the primary or secondary
prevention of stroke, a meta-analysis suggests ...more
38 Pregnancy
risk higher for overweight oral contraceptive users Obesity
may increase the risk of becoming pregnant while using oral contraceptives,
say US researchers ...more
38 Public
health inquiry The House of Commons Health Select Committee is to conduct a short inquiry into the Government’s public health White Paper
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38 Welsh
smoking Bill launched A Bill was read in Parliament this week
to give the National Assembly for Wales the powers to ban smoking in
workplaces and enclosed public places ...more
39 NHS
staff to have their say on changes to pensions All NHS staff
are being asked for their views on changing their defined-benefits pension
scheme. Management and staff side representatives have been unable to
reach agreement on a common position for staff consultation ...more
39 New
health minister appointed for Wales Brian Gibbons, has been
appointed Minister for Health and Social Services of the Welsh Assembly
Government, replacing Jane Hutt ...more
39 Skill mix
decisions must be made locally Decisions on how to use dispensary
support staff need to be made in individual community pharmacies, but
within a fixed regulatory framework where roles are clearly defined and
there are clear lines of accountability, according to the latest published
research ...more
39 Mental health
reform Mental health services are to be reformed under an
action plan to tackle and eradicate racial discrimination in the provision
of these services ...more
39 NPA Link goes
live Individual
pharmacists are now eligible to become members of the National Pharmaceutical
Association ...more
40 Limiting vitamin
A intake may be desirable for some People who are at risk
of bone fractures and those who eat liver regularly may be advised to
limit their intake of vitamin A ...more
40 Check correct
rosuvastatin dose for Asians Pharmacists should check that
the correct dose of rosuvastatin (Crestor) has been prescribed following
updated prescribing advice relating to Asian patients ...more
40 Paracetamol
infusion given the green light in Scotland Paracetamol infusion
(Perfalgan), launched last year, has been given the green light for use
within NHS Scotland by the Scottish Medicines Consortium ...more
40 January DTB slates coxibs Few,
if any, situations exist in which a coxib should be prescribed in preference
to traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, according to the
latest issue of the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin ...more
40 Hepatitis
B treatment Peginterferon alfa-2b is an effective and well
tolerated treatment for chronic hepatitis B, say researchers. What is
more, they found that addition of the antiretroviral agent lamivudine
does not improve outcomes for patients ...more
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41 Competencies
for advanced services announced The competencies community pharmacists
will need to possess in order to provide advanced services under the new
pharmacy contract in England and Wales were announced this week ...more
41 Make-over
for animal medicines legislation Consultation has started
on proposals to replace 50 pieces of legislation on animal medicines
with a single statutory instrument and to remove animal medicines from
control under the Medicines Act 1968 ...more
41 Commuters
to be given seven new NHS walk-in centres Seventy different
organisations are bidding to run seven NHS walk-in centres targeted at
commuters in London, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle. The centres are
expected to include community pharmacies ...more
42 Medicines
information error database established A new database of medication
errors and near misses for use by those working in medicines information
has been set up by the UK Medicines Information clinical governance working
group ...more
42 Trinity discredits
industry by changing prescriptions Trinity Pharmaceuticals
brought discredit upon the pharmaceutical industry and reduced confidence
in it through a programme to change patients’ treatment to its
Pulvinal brand of salbutamol dry powder inhalation, according to the
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry’s Prescription
Medicines Code of Practice Authority ...more
42 Evidence lacking
on adherence to combination drugs Reliable evidence about
the impact of combination drugs on patient adherence is lacking, say
researchers, providing companies with little incentive to invest in such
products ...more
42 Trial results
to be available to the public on the internet International
agreement has been reached on the publication of results from post-marketing
clinical trials sponsored by pharmaceutical companies. All clinical trials
to determine the therapeutic benefit of medicines will also be announced
on the internet so that patients and clinicians will know what is being
done and how to enrol ...more
R&D news
43 Antibiotics
may be useful for neurological diseases Beta-lactam antibiotics
have neuroprotective properties in addition to their antibacterial actions,
new research suggests, and may have a place in the treatment of stroke
in the future ...more
43 Olive
oil component suppresses cancer gene Scientists are getting
nearer to understanding the mechanism by which olive oil may reduce the
risk of breast cancer ...more
43 AstraZeneca
withdraws Iressa application AstraZeneca announced this week
that it is withdrawing its European marketing authorisation application
for gefitinib (Iressa) for the treatment of patients with non-small cell
lung cancer (NSCLC) ...more
43 Cytokine
stimulates latent HIV A cytokine previously shown to enhance
the destruction of the HIV-1 virus in vitro has now also been shown to
reactivate dormant HIV-1 viruses in patients on highly active anti-retroviral
therapy, making the virus susceptible to the drugs ...more
43 Topical HIV
vaccine DermaVir, a topical DNA-containing HIV vaccine, has
been shown to control virus replication and boost immune response in
monkeys infected with the virus ...more
43 Diabetes vaccine
trial to begin Researchers at the University of Bristol and King’s College London have received funding to start human trials of a vaccine for type-1 diabetes
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43 New method
to produce Taxol Scientists from the Institute for Bioprocessing
and Analytical Measurement Techniques in Germany have discovered a more
cost effective technique of producing paclitaxel (Taxol) ...more
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