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409 Pharmaceutical
public health guidance launched New guidance on how pharmacists
can improve the health of the public was published by the Department
of Health last week ...more
409 Guidance
for consultant posts announced Guidance for the development
of consultant pharmacist posts in hospitals and primary care trusts in
England was published by the Department of Health last week ...more
409 Scottish
Executive will not amend zero discount list The Scottish Executive
will not be amending the list of drugs subject to zero discount following
the revised discount terms announced by GlaxoSmithKline and IVAX, it
emerged this week ...more
409 New
pharmacy contract launched by Reid Secretary of State for
Health John Reid visited Warwick Pharmacy in London on 1 April to launch
the new community pharmacy contract ...more
410 More
contract details announced The Pharmaceutical Services
Directions 2005 for advanced and enhanced services in England
were published last week, giving an indication of what services
pharmacies will be able to offer under the enhanced services
tier of the new community pharmacy contract ...more
410 All
over 65s to be offered pneumococcal immunisation Immunisation
against pneumococcal infection is to be offered to everybody in England
and Wales aged 65 years and over, the Department of Health and the Welsh
Assembly Government have announced ...more
410 PCTs
take responsibility for prison pharmacy Responsibility for
commissioning health services in prisons in England is being transferred
to primary care trusts a year ahead of schedule ...more
410 MHRA
lacks discipline and leadership, says Health Select Committee Tighter
controls on the promotion of new drugs and an urgent review of the Medicines
and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have been called for by the
House of Commons Health Select Committee ...more
410 Funding
for osteoporosis The Department of Health has announced £20m
extra funding for osteoporosis service improvements and dual energy x-ray
absorptiometry (DXA) scanners ...more
410 Let
PCTs buy oxygen headsets The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating
Committee recommends that contractors do not buy new headsets for oxygen
patients and that they ask their primary care trust to provide them ...more
411 Pilot sites
will address racism in mental health care Seventeen pilot
sites across England will pioneer best practice in eliminating racial
discrimination in mental health services, the Department of Health announced
last week ...more
411 DTB claims
that simvastatin reclassification was flawed The way in which simvastatin became an over-the-counter medicine was “flawed” and represents a “poor model” for future POM to P switches, according to Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
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411 APPG seeks
details of how health policies of the main political parties will affect
pharmacy Details of the three main political parties’ policies in relation to pharmacy are being sought by the All-Party Pharmacy Group
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411 Long-term
care consultation Draft regulations on commissioning NHS long-term
care were issued for consultation by the Department of Health this week
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411 Instalment
dispensing Diazepam will be added to the products that GPs
in England can order to be dispensed in instalments on NHS prescriptions
from 14 April ...more
412 Gram-negative
bacteria danger is being ignored The threat of multidrug-resistant
Gram-negative bacteria is being overshadowed by the focus on Gram-positive
infections such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, latest
UK figures suggest. And microbiologists are warning that although there
are a number of useful antibiotics for Gram-positive bacteria, either
recently licensed or in development, there is little on the horizon to
cope with multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria ...more
412 Routine use
of vitamins and minerals in elderly patients not supported by evidence There
is insufficient evidence to support the routine use of multivitamin and
mineral supplements to reduce infections in elderly people but further
research is warranted, a new study shows ...more
412 Community
pharmacy set to improve men’s health in Fife Community pharmacy will play a key role in a project to be launched next week that aims to improve men’s health
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412 MeReC updates
HRT advice Evidence points to an overall net harm for use
of hormone replacement therapy in chronic disease prevention, MeReC
Bulletin advises ...more
412 Diuretics
first line Diuretics should be used first line for both black
and non-black patients with high blood pressure, data from the ALLHAT
study show ...more
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413 Six conditions
responsible for 90pc of child deaths Almost 90 per cent of
all deaths among children under five years of age are attributable to
just six conditions, according to the World Health Organization, which
published its annual World Health Report this week ...more
413 Guidance
on access to drugs in developing countries issued Guidance
for pharmaceutical companies on how they can increase access to essential
medicines in developing countries was issued by the Department for International
Development last week ...more
413 Medicines
trade balance slips Britain’s trade surplus in pharmaceuticals
fell by 5.5 per cent to £3.4bn last year ...more
413 DOTS can
reduce transmission and incidence of drug-resistant TB A strategy
that includes a short course of directly-observed therapy (DOTS) can
rapidly reduce the transmission and incidence of both drug-susceptible
and drug-resistant tuberculosis in settings with moderate rates of multidrug-resistant
TB, according to research published this week ...more
414 New commission
to replace CSM On 30 October, the Commission on Human Medicines
will replace the Committee on Safety of Medicines and the Medicines Commission
...more
414 Pharmaceutical
industry responds slowly to NHS The pharmaceutical industry
is responding too slowly to changes in the health service to meet the
needs of today’s NHS, the results of a study suggest ...more
414 Ranbaxy settles
price fixing claim with the Department of Health Ranbaxy,
one of the generics companies being sued by the Department of Health
over allegations of price fixing and overcharging, has reached an out-of-court
settlement with the Government ...more
414 Roche falls
foul of ABPI code Roche recently breached the Association
of the British Pharmaceutical Industry’s code of practice by promoting
Xenical (orlistat) direct to more than 14,000 patients ...more
414 Food supplement
law in doubt An advocate general of the European Court has
said that a European Directive that restricts the availability of food
supplements is invalid because it does not reflect legal principles of
fairness and sound administration ...more
414 Co-op sales
up United Co-op Healthcare has announced a 9 per cent rise
in sales, to £131m, for the financial year ending on 22 January
...more
414 NHS learning
budget The NHS Institute for Learning, Skills and Innovation
will have a budget of £80m for 2005–06, as well as £20m
for transition costs ...more
R&D news
415 MAO-B inhibitor
shows promise in parkinsonism Rasagiline, a new monoamine
oxidase B inhibitor, is an effective adjunctive treatment for Parkinson’s
disease and can improve symptoms associated with levodopa treatment,
an 18-week trial has shown ...more
415 Diabetes
gene identification could lead to new therapy A gene that
appears to play a critical role in the development of type 1 diabetes
has been identified by researchers at the North Shore-Long Island Health
System in Manhasset, New York ...more
415 Place for
cannabinoid compounds in cardiovascular disease Drugs that
affect cannabinoid receptors might have a place in the management of
cardiovascular disease, results from two recent studies reveal ...more
415 Overactive
bladder treatments show differences in efficacy Differences
between antimuscarinic treatments for overactive bladder syndrome are
beginning to emerge ...more
415 Cranberries
for vascular function Using a model of hypercholesterolaemia
researchers have shown that cranberry juice can improve vascular function
and may protect against heart disease ...more
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