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457 EC plan to relax
patient information rules opposed Pharmaceutical
companies will be allowed to publicise information about prescription-only
medicines in radio and TV programmes if proposals being drawn up by the
EC are approved
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457 Boots lines up more GP services
as second in-store surgery opens its doors to patients Boots
is developing plans to include more GP services in its stores. The
Journal has learnt that the company has a number of projects in the pipeline,
including planned in-store GP surgeries in Brighton and Birmingham
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457 NHS Alliance wants GPs to reclaim out-of-hours
care GPs should reclaim commissioning responsibility for out-of-hours care — even if they no longer provide the service — in order to maximise continuity of care to patients, according to NHS Alliance
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458 Serious failings identified
by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons at private prison pharmacy in Wales Prison
inspectors discovered serious failings in the management of pharmacy services
at a privately run training prison for young offenders in Wales following an
unannounced inspection, according to their report published this week
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458 New staff safety and security campaign launched
in Kent A campaign to reduce the abuse of NHS staff
has been launched in Kent following an analysis of statistics that reveals that
1,870 staff members in the region have been physically assaulted by patients
over the past three years
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458 Roadshows planned in Scotland to debate
future leadership Roadshows designed to engage pharmacists across Scotland in the debate over the future professional leadership body are being organised by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Scottish Pharmacy Board
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458 Early halting of clinical trials for new
cancer treatments cuts patient safety data Clinical
trials of new cancer medicines are increasingly likely to be stopped early because
new treatments provide statistically significant benefits to patients and this
is reducing the amount of safety data available before drugs are launched, Italian
and Dutch researchers have warned in a study published online
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459 Switching trimethoprim
will not lead to increased resistance Changing
the status of a prescription-only antibiotic for the treatment of cystitis to
an over-the-counter medicine will not lead to an increase in antibiotic resistance,
according to the National Pharmacy Association
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459 Loop diuretics associated with hip bone
loss Older men who take loop diuretics appear to
have increased rates of hip bone loss than men who are not taking these medicines
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459 Small benefit for antibiotics in sinusitis
but consider risks Antibiotics provide a small
benefit in acute sinusitis, but this must be weighed against potential adverse
effects for individuals and the population as a whole, the authors of a Cochrane
review conclude
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459 Chris Morris withdraws from English board
election Chris Morris, a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s English Pharmacy Board, has withdrawn from the forthcoming board elections
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460 Vildagliptin and nelarabine
given green light for use in NHS Scotland Vildagliptin
and nelarabine are among drugs accepted for use by NHS Scotland by the Scottish
Medicines Consortium this month
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460 DTB reviews glitazones There
is no convincing evidence that glitazones offer clinical benefit over metformin
or sulphonylureas when used as monotherapy in type 2 diabetes, the Drug and
Therapeutics
Bulletin has concluded
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460 MPs lobbied to push pharmacy up Scottish
political agenda Pharmacists in Scotland have begun
lobbying politicians as part of a new effort to push pharmacy higher up the political
agenda
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460 Medical journals should require all authors
to report their contributions Medical journals
should require all authors to report their specific contributions to an article
submitted for publication and should consider publishing these contributions,
according to an editorial published this week
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460 Joint working in Scotland The
Care Commission and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society have agreed to work together
closely on the safe management of medicines in Scotland
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460 UniChem buys Central Homecare Pharmaceutical wholesaler UniChem has acquired Central Homecare — a provider of services for home administration of specialist medicines
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461 Setback for GSK over drug
distribution in Greece GlaxoSmithKline has been
dealt a blow in its long-running battle over the distribution of its drugs in
Greece following EU legal opinion published earlier this month
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461 Industry pessimistic about future of research
and development in UK Pharmaceutical companies are pessimistic about the industry’s future in the UK, a survey has revealed
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461 National hay fever campaign launched TV
presenter Melinda Messenger joined Welsh Pharmacy Board member Marc Donovan earlier
this week to support a national hay fever campaign launched by the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society
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461 Pharmacy debate pack A new resource — Pharmacy Debate Pack — designed to encourage secondary school pupils to debate topical health issues and to forge contacts with local pharmacists has been developed by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s museum
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461 Singulair and suicidal behaviour A
possible association between the use of montelukast (Singulair) and suicidal
thinking and behaviour is being investigated by the US Food and Drug Administration
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462 Prasugrel cuts ischaemic
events with stents more than clopidogrel Intensive therapy with a new antiplatelet agent — prasugrel — results in fewer ischaemic events than with clopidogrel in patients with intracoronary stents, irrespective of the type of stent used, according to a study published online
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462 Weekly paclitaxel raises breast cancer survival Weekly
administration of paclitaxel, following adjuvant therapy with doxorubicin and
cyclophosphamide, improves survival in women with breast cancer, compared with
a standard three-weekly regimen, new research shows
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462 Preventing sickle-cell complications Experiments
in mice suggest that an endothelin receptor antagonist could help prevent the
life-threatening complications of sickle-cell disease
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462 Hypereosinophilic treatment Mepolizumab,
a monoclonal antibody, may be able to treat the underlying cause of hypereosinophilic
syndrome
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462 Healing spinal injuries Peptide
amphiphile molecules that self-assemble into nanoscale fibres have been used
to treat spinal cord injuries in mice
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462 Three-year benefit in MS Fingolimod,
a novel immunomodulating agent, can maintain low relapse rates for three years
in multiple sclerosis patients, results presented at the American Academy of
Neurology annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois, this week suggest
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463 Role in tackling health
inequalities put to MPs Primary care trusts are
ignoring the potential of community pharmacy in helping eradicate health inequality,
the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has told an influential committee of MPs
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463 Polyclinic plan is misguided says Society
in London review response The Government’s hope that a network of super surgeries or polyclinics in London will improve access to healthcare is misguided, according to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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463 PDA Union inaugurated and applies for Government
listing The Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union has formally applied for listing to the Government Trades Union Certification Officer following the inaugural meetings of its five membership groups and the formation of its full executive committee
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463 DoH must improve handling of information
requests The Information Commissioner’s Office has declared that the Department of Health must improve the way it handles requests under the Freedom of Information Act
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464 Antidepressants might
contribute less than thought to suicide rate Antidepressants
may be contributing less to the prevention of suicide than previously believed,
according to the results of a joint US/Danish study published this week
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464 Treatment with statins leads to modest reduction
in BP Use of statins in individuals with no known
cardiovascular disease or diabetes results in a modest, but significant, reduction
in blood pressure, a new study suggests
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