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739 Parliamentary
group launches pharmacy inquiry An inquiry into the future of pharmacy has been launched by Parliament's All-Party Pharmacy Group
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739 Frank Owens
resigns as SPGC chairman Frank Owens announced this week that he is to step down as chairman of the Scottish Pharmaceutical General Council
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739 GPs reassured over
extended pharmacist prescribing rights Concerns among doctors that unrestricted prescribing by pharmacists could pose a danger to patients were rejected by GPs last week at their annual local medical committees conference in London
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740 Poster
for Scotland's minor ailment service unveiled Official publicity materials for the minor ailment service in Scotland have been unveiled this week. A poster has been produced by the Scottish Executive Health Department and the Scottish Consumer Council to advertise the new service
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740 AAH offers support
for new contract public health service in Scotland As the countdown to the start of the new pharmacy contract in Scotland begins, AAH Pharmaceuticals is highlighting one of its services as a way to help pharmacists implement the public health service
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740 NPA elects new board
members to represent members in Scotland Noel Wicks and John Currie have been elected to the National Pharmacy Association board of management in order to represent NPA members in Scotland
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740 Mycophenolate sodium
and cetuximab approved in Wales Mycophenolate sodium and cetuximab have been endorsed for use in NHS Wales by the Welsh Assembly Government, following recommendations by the All-Wales Medicines Strategy Group
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740 New Category M product
prices available early Details of the prices of products in Category M of Part VIII of the Drug Tariff for July to September are available ahead of the new quarter after the Department of Health gave the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee permission to publish them early
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741 Challenges
remain for the National IT programme The National Programme for IT is on budget but implementation of several systems is behind schedule and key challenges remain, including winning the support of NHS staff and the public, the National Audit Office said last week
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741 David Webb wins Schering
award for contribution to clinical training David Webb, director of clinical pharmacy for London, Eastern and South East specialist pharmacy services, has been awarded the 2005 Schering award, presented annually to a pharmacist who has made an outstanding contribution to pharmacy practice
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741 Calls for competition
inquiry to include pharmaceuticals rejected Calls to extend a competition inquiry beyond the market for groceries to include, for example, pharmaceuticals, have been rejected by the Competition Commission
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741 Central Lancashire
researchers receive award Researchers at the newly formed school of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Central Lancashire have been awarded the 2006 Controlled Release Society outstanding oral drug delivery award
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742 Pharmacy
mental health service part of best practice Appropriate contact with pharmacy services is one example of best practice highlighted in a Department of Health document entitled “10 high impact changes for mental health services” published this week
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742 Data fail to link
paroxetine to birth defects A study by German researchers has failed
to show that paroxetine causes congenital abnormalities
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742 Positive opinion for
Prozac in children, but with restrictions The European Medicines Agency
has recommended that the indication for Prozac (fluoxetine; Eli Lilly) be extended
to include moderate to severe depression in children of eight years or older
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742 Pramipexole may help
PD patients with depression The dopamine agonist pramipexole — used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease — may be effective as an antidepressant for patients with Parkinson's disease who have not yet developed motor complications, according to data from a recent study
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742 Fluoxetine offers
no benefit to anorexic patients People with anorexia nervosa who take
fluoxetine are no less likely to have a relapse of their condition than those
given placebo, a recent study has shown
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742 Measles hits 10-year
high There have been more confirmed cases of measles in England and
Wales already this year than in any year in the past decade, according to reports
received by the Health Protection Agency
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743 Infection
control guidance published for care homes Guidance from the Department of Health on controlling health care-associated infection in care homes has been published this week
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743 Tightly controlled
blood glucose does not impair cognitive function Concerns that tightly controlling blood glucose could impair cognitive function because of the increased risk of hypoglycaemia are unfounded, according to new data
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743 Concerns over oral
clefts with lamotrigine use in pregnancy Increased risk of oral clefts with use of lamotrigine (Lamictal) in early pregnancy has been highlighted this week in a letter from GlaxoSmithKline to health care professionals
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743 Survey shows extent
of tamoxifen abuse by health club users Tamoxifen, ephedrine and growth hormones are widely abused by health club users, the results of a survey suggest
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743 UK supply of human
tetanus immunoglobulin limited Advice on how to deal with shortages
of human tetanus immunoglobulin (TIG) has been issued by David Salisbury, director
of immunisation policy, monitoring and surveillance at the Department of Health,
in a letter to hospitals
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744 Four
companies discredit pharmaceutical industry Four companies have been ruled to have brought the pharmaceutical industry into disrepute following recent complaints that they broke the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry's code of practice
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744 Parallel imports saved UK €237m in health care costs in 2004, says European report Parallel importing of medicines saved the UK €237m in health care costs in 2004, according to a new report commissioned by the European Association of Euro-Pharmaceutical Companies (EAEPC)
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744 Bayer breaks new rules
for promoting animal medicines Bayer Animal Health has fallen foul
of a new rule that bans the promotion of animal medicines with offers of gifts
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744 Comedis ordering system
relaunched with new functions Comedis, the pharmacy e-transfer ordering system for over-the-counter medicines, has been relaunched in a format that allows pharmacists to customise ordering and receive targeted wholesaler and manufacturer information, including staff training materials
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