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35Central role in primary care remains a long way off
There is a long way to go before a more central
role in primary care is created for community
pharmacists in England
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35 Innovative pharmacists need followers or their efforts will be wasted Pharmacists with innovative ideas need to ensure that others are following their lead or they risk squandering their efforts
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35 Boots and Alliance UniChem merger approved at EGMs Boots Group Plc and Alliance UniChem’s
proposed merger was approved at extraordinary
general meetings held by both companies
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36 Latest chlamydia figures reveal 5 pc increase in UK Diagnoses of chlamydia increased by 5 per
cent in the UK last year, figures released by
the Health Protection Agency reveal
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36 Emergency hormonal contraception prices fall with reduction in VAT The price of emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) is set to
drop by around £3, after the Government’s promised VAT reduction
came into
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36 Redefine “practising” says College of Pharmacy Practice in Section 60 Order response “Practising” needs to be differently defined in
the planned Section 60 Order on the future
regulation of pharmacy, the College of
Pharmacy Practice has said
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37 Pharmacists have a significant role to play in PBC The role that pharmacists can play within
practice-based commissioning (PBC) is the
subject of the latest PBC bulletin published
by Primary Care Contracting
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LIFT services given the third degree The implementation of NHS local improvement
finance trusts (LIFT) has been scrutinised
by the House of Commons Committee
of Public Accounts
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37 Co-operative Group expands making it fourth largest chain Co-operative Group Pharmacy announced
this week that the company has acquired another
40 pharmacies, making it the UK’s
fourth largest pharmacy chain
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37 Software used for clinical decision making needs to be regulated Unless governments start to regulate computer
software used to make clinical decisions,
negligence cases will end up deciding
how such software should be validated, an editorial
in The Medical Journal of Australia argues
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38 Flu vaccine delay expected, so prioritise patients Initial deliveries of influenza vaccine for the
2006–07 season could be insufficient to meet
demand, with subsequent supplies delayed, a
UK Vaccine Industry Group (UVIG) statement
has warned
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38 Intrathecal analgesic to be launched next week A new intrathecal analgesic called ziconotide
(Prialt) will be launched by Eisai
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38 Trial shows diphenhydramine does not help infants sleep Diphenhydramine is no more effective than
placebo at reducing night-time wakenings or
improving parental happiness with sleep in
infants aged six to 15 months
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38 GPs urged to open pharmacies to make profit without extra work GPs have been urged to open pharmacies as a
way of making big profits “without demanding
much extra work”
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39 Italy falls foul of European pharmacy ownership law Italy is to be taken before the European
Court of Justice by the European
Commission (EC) because it has national
rules that prevent wholesalers buying government-owned pharmacies that are being denationalised
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39 Orphan drug system works, Europe concludes Europe’s orphan drug incentive programme
has led to 22 new products being licensed for
20 rare conditions in the five years that the system
has been in existence
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39 FDA issues safety alerts for tipranavir and telithromycin Safety alerts for tipranavir (Aptivus) and
telithromycin (Ketek) have been issued by the
US Food and Drug Administration
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39 Pfizer to sell OTC business to J&J Pfizer has reached an agreement to sell its
consumer health care business to
Johnson & Johnson
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39 Cegedim Rx and Enigma Health Cegedim Rx and Enigma Health will now
both trade as Cegedim Rx
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39 Public health support NHS Education for Scotland has
published a package to support the
implementation of the public health
aspects of the new pharmacy contract in
Scotland
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40 Small weight loss achieved after switching to long-acting insulin People with diabetes who switch to the longacting
insulin analogue detemir (Levemir)
may benefit from fewer insulin-associated
side effects such as weight gain
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40 Increased cardiovascular risk linked with clozapine Patients taking clozapine are at an increased
risk of developing metabolic syndrome
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40 Perioperative beta blockade Compared with placebo, sustained
release metoprolol given to patients with
diabetes undergoing non-cardiac surgery
does not affect long-term mortality and
cardiac morbidity, say researchers
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41 Fortnightly cetuximab an option for colon cancer Patients could be spared the necessity of making weekly journeys to
oncology units for cetuximab (Erbitux), a targeted treatment for
metastatic colorectal cancer, according to a new study that shows fortnightly
infusions with a higher dose are equally safe and effective
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41 Lord Warner endorses BNF-C The BNF for Children, published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
and the British Medical Association, has been praised by health minister
Lord Warner
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41 CBT superior to zopiclone in small sleep trial Cognitive behavioural therapy is superior to zopiclone treatment for
short- and long-term management of insomnia in older adults, according
to research published in JAMA
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