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479 Branded
generics should be treated as true generics “Standard” branded generics should be treated in all respects as true generics, the Company Chemists Association, the National Pharmaceutical Association and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee have all said in their responses to the Department of Health’s consultation on the reimbursement of branded generic medicines
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479 Contractors
set to lose around 30 pc profit Contractors in England and
Wales will, on average, lose around 30 per cent in cash profit as a result
of the recalibration of the Drug Tariff, an analysis by Numark of 350
of its members suggests ...more
479 Guild
concerned about lack of hospital representation Concern about
the composition of the new Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
has been expressed by hospital pharmacists at the first joint conference
of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists and the United Kingdom Clinical
Pharmacy Association, held in Glasgow last weekend. There is disquiet
that no pharmacist currently working in a clinical hospital setting has
been elected ...more
479 Pharmacy
regulations will need further amendment Further amendments
to the legislation that underpins the new pharmacy contract in England
must be expected, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has
warned ...more
480 Medicines management services — barriers remain Community
pharmacy-led medicines management services are generally well accepted
by pharmacists and patients, although GPs may need more persuasion ...more
480 Labour
in favour of minor ailments schemes Pharmacy-based treatment schemes for minor ailments are high on Labour’s agenda for the NHS if the party wins a further term of office
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480 European
patient safety call Pharmacists in Europe have joined doctors,
the pharmaceutical industry and patient groups to call for patient safety
to be given greater priority in health care ...more
480 Changes
suggested for EU cross-border services plan All publicly funded
health services will be excluded from European plans to create a single
market in services if members of the European Parliament accept proposed
amendments to a draft European directive on cross-border services ...more
480 Pharmacists
improve outcomes for patients with diabetes Pharmacists can help to reduce hyperglycaemia and blood pressure in patients with type I diabetes, independently of changes to patients’ medication, an Australian study has shown
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481 Ignorance
impedes supplementary prescribing Some pharmacists are refusing
to dispense prescriptions written by supplementary prescribers, it has
emerged, most likely because they are not properly informed about how
the scheme works ...more
481 Chloramphenicol
changes status; Zoton remains POM Reclassification of chloramphenicol eye-drops from prescription-only medicine to pharmacy medicine status is to go ahead, it was announced last week. Meanwhile, Wyeth’s plans to switch Zoton (lansoprazole) from POM to P have been halted
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481 PSNC in no
hurry over standard LPS contract There will be no rush to
reach agreement between the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee
and the Department of Health on a standard local pharmaceutical services
contract ...more
481 Judgment
reserved in Statutory Committee appeal Judgment has been reserved
in a High Court appeal by pharmacists Christopher and Jane Chanin, of
Whinmoor Close, Prenton, Merseyside, against a Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Statutory Committee order that they should be struck from the Register
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481 PSNC subcommittees ...more
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482 Gut flora
important in drug discovery Individual and species variations
in gut microbial activity will need to be considered in order to develop
personalised drug therapies, according to the authors of a review paper
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482 Pharmacy
chemotherapy unit opened at Christie A new pharmacy unit that
will provide chemotherapy to patients at Christie Hospital in Manchester
was opened last week by Mike Richards, national cancer director at the
Department of Health ...more
482 Pharmacists
will be reimbursed for patient returns of Bextra All Bextra
(valdecoxib) tablets should be returned through normal return goods channels
for credit following the drug’s suspension, Pfizer advised pharmacists
last week ...more
482 Activity
of streptokinase preparations varies between manufacturers There
are wide variations in the activity, purity and composition of streptokinase
preparations available worldwide, according to a study published this
week ...more
483 Antibiotics
do not cut CAD events Using antibiotics to eradicate bacteria
from the arterial plaque of patients with coronary artery disease does
not reduce the risk of secondary cardiac events, results from two new
clinical trials indicate ...more
483 Tamoxifen
reduces prostate treatment pain Tamoxifen is more effective
than radiotherapy in preventing breast enlargement and breast pain in
men being treated for prostate cancer, according to a study published
last week ...more
483 Cannabis
MS medicine approved Canada has become the first country to
approve a new cannabis medicine as adjunctive treatment for the symptomatic
relief of neuropathic pain in adults with multiple sclerosis ...more
483 Hep C early
treatment Patients infected with hepatitis C who have normal
liver enzyme levels may benefit from early therapy with peginterferon
alfa and ribavirin, suggest data presented at the 40th annual meeting
of the European Association for the Study of the Liver in Paris last
week ...more
483 LMW heparins
similar A trial comparing two low molecular weight heparins,
tinzaparin and dalteparin, shows that both provide effective and safe
outpatient treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism ...more
483 Scottish
epilepsy guidelines National clinical guidelines on the diagnosis
and management of epilepsies in children and young people have been issued
by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network ...more
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