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431 Public
health details of Scottish contract unveiled Details of the
public health service, one of the core services within the new community
pharmacy contract in Scotland, were announced this week ...more
431 YPG
e-hustings website covers current issues All eight candidates
in this year's Royal Pharmaceutical Society Council election are answering
questions on an e-hustings website offered by the Young Pharmacists Group
...more
431 Possibility
of cytokine storm in TGN1412 trial was considered Consideration
was given to the possibility of TGN1412 causing a cytokine storm before
approval of the clinical trial that resulted in six men being admitted
to intensive care last month, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory
Agency acknowledged this week ...more
431 Increase
MUR uptake or lose other patient-led services Community pharmacists
in Wales need to increase their uptake of advanced services or they risk
compromising the development of future patient-led services, Community
Pharmacy Wales warns in is latest newsletter ...more
432 Confidentiality
for sexually active under-16s retained Health professionals
can continue to use their discretion in deciding whether to report sexual
activity in under-16-year-olds to social services, according to guidance
from the Department for Education and Skills published last week ...more
432 Post-exposure
prophylaxis should be offered to prevent HIV transmission, says CMO Providing emergency anti-retroviral treatment to prevent HIV transmission after non-occupational exposure to the virus should be offered as part of sexual health services, Sir Liam Donaldson, chief medical officer, says in a letter sent to all primary care trusts and strategic health authorities in England
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432 Pharmacists
and technicians must work together closely Pharmacists and
pharmacy technicians will have to be prepared to work together closely,
according to Keith Ridge, chief pharmaceutical officer for England ...more
432 Global action
to address pharmacy shortages needed Global action is needed
to address international shortages in the pharmacy workforce, the International
Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) urged last week ...more
433 More than
1,500 smartcards issued to community pharmacists but concerns over delays
remain In excess of 1,500 smartcards have now been issued
to community pharmacists, according to NHS Connecting for Health. All
community pharmacists in England will eventually need a smartcard to
access the electronic prescription service (EPS) ...more
433 Computerised
logging system wins IT award A computerised call logging system implemented by Queen's Medical Centre pharmacy department, Nottingham, has been awarded a Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists information technology prize sponsored by First DataBank Europe
...more
433 National
IT programme is on budget but concerns raised The National
Programme for IT is on budget and is fully funded, according to NHS Connecting
for Health ...more
433 E-learning
support tool for John Moores students Pharmacy students at
John Moores University in Liverpool are to benefit from an electronic
decision support tool ...more
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434 LPC and PSNC
agree to bury the hatchet after four-year dispute North East
London Local Pharmaceutical Committee and the Pharmaceutical Services
Negotiating Committee have settled their differences after being in dispute
for more than four years ...more
434 EU gives
fast access to urgent new medicines Medicines intended to
treat serious diseases, orphan medicines and products for emergency use
can now be authorised for use for one year before they have been fully
tested ...more
434 NHS Direct
says job cut claims are inaccurate Figures relating to potential
call centre closures and staff redundancies at NHS Direct reported in
the national media last week have been described as “inaccurate” by
the organisation's managers ...more
435 Deadline
set for ordering flu vaccines Community pharmacists in Scotland
have until 19 May to order influenza vaccine stocks ...more
435 Half of parents
give their children incorrect doses of antipyretics More than
half of children with fever are given incorrect doses of antipyretics
by their parents, according to a literature review ...more
435 Pharmacy-based
health checks are popular Over 200 men in the Knowsley Primary
Care Trust area have received health checks from community pharmacists
during the past three months, thanks to a scheme paid for through the
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund ...more
435 First UK
avian influenza case confirmed in Scotland Fears of an avian
influenza outbreak in Scotland appeared to be diminishing as The
Journal went to press ...more
435 DTB questions
dual action claim for strontium ranelate Claims for a dual
action of strontium ranelate (Protelos; Servier) are not supported by
current published evidence, this month's Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin argues
...more
R&D NEWS
436 Human papillomavirus
vaccine maintains efficacy for 4.5 years Immunity against
human papillomavirus (HPV) is maintained for up to 4.5 years following
vaccination, according to the results of a study published online ...more
436 Avian influenza
vaccine moderately effective High doses of an experimental
subvirion influenza A (H5N1) vaccine can induce immune responses typically
associated with protection against influenza in over half of recipients,
according to research ...more
436 Delivery
system targets prostate cancer cells Docetaxel, encapsulated
within a biodegradable polymer and coated with DNA and RNA aptamers,
can be targeted to prostate cancer cells, research suggests. The aptamers
recognise specific cell surface receptors — in this case, the prostate
specific membrane antigen ...more
436 Losartan
shows promise for Marfan syndrome aneurysm Losartan could
prove to be an effective treatment for preventing aortic aneurysms in
people with Marfan syndrome, a hereditary disorder that causes defects
in the body's connective tissue ...more
436 Lapatinib
trial halted Enrolment in a phase III trial of the oral dual-kinase
inhibitor lapatinib (Tykerb; GlaxoSmithKline) for women with ErbB2 (HER2)
overexpressing advanced or metastatic breast cancer has stopped early
due to positive interim results ...more
436 Artemisinin
production Scientists have developed a strain of yeast able
to produce artemisinic acid, a precursor of artemisinin ...more
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