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307 New
Controlled Drug prescribing rules introduced New arrangements for supplying Controlled Drugs in England are to be introduced on 1 April
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307 Prescription
charges in England to increase Prescription charges in England are to rise by 15p, slightly below inflation, to £6.65 on 1 April. At the same time, the cost of prepayment certificates will rise to £34.65 for four months and £95.30 for a year
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307 Independent
prescribing set to become an enhanced service Independent prescribing by community pharmacists in England will be recognised as an enhanced service from 1 May. However, it is unlikely that services will be able to start that soon because training courses necessary for pharmacists to qualify as independent prescribers have yet to be approved
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307 Six clinical
trial patients admitted to critical care Six patients involved
in a Phase 1 clinical trial of a drug being developed for leukaemia,
rheumatoid arthritis and mutliple sclerosis were admitted to critical
care this week ...more
308 Standards
set for safe medicine use in hospitals Standards for the safe
use of medicines in hospitals in Scotland are set out in a report published
last week ...more
308 Scottish
Medicines Consortium offers more advice for NHS Scotland Lumiracoxib (Prexige), a selective cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX-2) inhibitor, is one of four products that have been approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium for use within NHS Scotland
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308 NHS can be
powerful force for regeneration, says the Government NHS organisations can be a powerful force in regenerating local communities, Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt told participants at the UK Public Health Association's annual public health forum this week
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309 Atherosclerosis
reversed by intensive statin therapy In the first study to
show regression of atherosclerosis with lipid lowering, two years' treatment
with 40mg rosuvastatin (Crestor) achieved reduction in plaque volume
in coronary arteries ...more
309 New Society
CD inspections to start on 1 April Royal Pharmaceutical Society
inspections of the handling of Controlled Drugs by community pharmacies
will start on 1 April ...more
309 East London
contractors form a new LPC Pharmacy contractors in London's
City and Hackney Primary Care Trust area have decided to break away from
North East London Local Pharmaceutical Committee and set up a new LPC
for themselves ...more
309 New support
from UniChem Tailored information about recruitment, induction
and people management has been developed for community pharmacists by
UniChem ...more
309 Boots invests
in small stores Boots Group announced a £400m investment programme this week
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310 Perceptions
of whether asthma is chronic can affect compliance Asking
patients with asthma whether they believe they have the disease all the
time can effectively identify those who do not manage their condition
as a chronic disease, a US study has found ...more
310 Information
may be as crucial as therapy Information about self care could
prove to be as important to patient outcomes as medical tests, drugs
and other treatments, the founder of the US Prescribing Information to
Patients programme argued at a Patient Information Forum conference in
Manchester last month ...more
310 Maintain
SSRIs in the elderly Recurrence of depression in individuals over 70 years of age can be prevented by maintaining antidepressant treatment, according to the results of a new study
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311 Medigas waives
rental charges for F and IF cylinders Medigas will waive rental
charges for F and IF cylinders, the company announced this week ...more
311 Pharmacy “tremendous” over
oxygen crisis, says health minister Community pharmacy's
response to the recent oxygen crisis has been acknowledged as “tremendous” by
Liam Byrne, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health ...more
311 Strategy
launched for care of patients with GI disorders A blueprint
to provide a strategy for the future care of patients with gastrointestinal
disorders has been drawn up by the British Society of Gastroenterology
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311 MeReC considers
dyspepsia Treatment options for dyspepsia are reviewed in
the latest issue of MeReC Briefing ...more
311 Alzheimer's
disease Antihypertensive medicines may reduce the risk of
developing Alzheimer's disease, a study published online has suggested
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312 CHARISMA
study clarifies when to use clopidogrel Clopidogrel (Plavix)
plus low-dose aspirin reduces cardiovascular events and deaths in patients
with vascular disease compared with aspirin alone, a new study confirms
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312 Abciximab
reduces events in PCI patients Abciximab (ReoPro) reduces
the risk of events in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary
syndromes (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) even
after pretreatment with 600mg of clopidogrel (Plavix), a new study has
shown ...more
312 Fondaparinux
may help some myocardial infarction patients Fondaparinux,
a factor Xa inhibitor, is effective in reducing mortality and reinfarction
in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI),
according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology
annual scientific session in Atlanta, Georgia ...more
312 Folic acid
and B vitamins do not reduce CV events Reducing elevated homocysteine
levels with folic acid and B vitamins fails to reduce cardiovascular
events, two studies reported at the American College of Cardiology annual
scientific session in Atlanta, Georgia, show ...more
313 Developing
vaccines to prevent cancers is the “ultimate aim” Developing
vaccines to prevent virus-associated cancers is the “ultimate aim” and
an area of ongoing and long-term research, according to a Cancer Research
UK document, released by the charity this week ...more
313 Fewer than
one in every 14 orphan drug applications is approved Developers
of orphan drugs need more support from governments, the authors of a
paper analysing European Medicines Agency (EMEA) approval data have concluded
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313 Tailoring
azathioprine doses based on genetics beneficial in eczema Azathioprine
is an effective and well tolerated adjunctive treatment for moderate-to-severe
atopic eczema, researchers suggest ...more
313 Innovation
goes online NHS Ennovations has been launched, providing an
online platform for the sale and development of innovative products and
services ...more
313 Face masks
for flu A review by the Health Protection Agency found no
evidence of benefit for issuing face masks to the public in the event
of an influenza pandemic, health minister Rosie Winterton said this week.
However, in a Parliamentary written reply she said that the evidence
will be regularly reviewed ...more
R&D news
314 Treatment
modifies Alzheimer's disease pathology Treatments that modify
the pathology of Alzheimer's disease, rather than simply treating the
symptoms, may be approaching human trials, the authors of a study in
mice suggest ...more
314 Antibiotic
helps patients with irritable bowels A rifamycin-derived antibiotic
improves abdominal bloating and flatulence in individuals with irritable
bowel syndrome (IBS), according to a recent study ...more
314 New lease
of life for drug to treat Parkinson's disease? Glial-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) — a
drug that was being developed to treat Parkinson's disease but was withdrawn
in 2004 due to safety concerns — may be given a second chance
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314 Antibody
increases bone density in postmenopausal women Bone mineral
density in postmenopausal women can be increased by a human monoclonal
antibody, research suggests ...more
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