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GLP-1s: what is behind the variation in efficacy?

Researchers are trying to untangle the roles of genetics, access and treatment persistence in the efficacy of GLP-1s. As evidence suggests, weight-loss outcomes are different between patient groups.…

‘We’re in our early days’: the Royal College of Pharmacy’s first national advisory council chairs on their priorities

Can simulation help foundation trainee pharmacists prepare for prescribing?

Danger ahead: the growing threat of fungal disease and antifungal resistance

Pharmacy must protect its scientific identity

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A model for successful credentialing in pharmacy

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How community pharmacists are tackling a wave of abuse

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Everything you need to know about GLP-1s for weight loss

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Pharmacy Inside Jobs: ADHD assessment and management

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Stimulant and non-stimulant agents for ADHD

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Devolution revolution: what could Andy Burnham mean for community pharmacy?

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A visual guide to the 2026 Ebola outbreak

News from Wales

‘We’re in our early days’: the Royal College of Pharmacy’s first national advisory council chairs on their priorities

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Once-weekly insulin would be ‘significant change’ for diabetes prescribers

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NICE includes children in updated guidance for allergy medicine

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Common ailments service rated as ‘excellent’ by almost all users, study finds

A middle aged man takes a tablet with water

NICE recommends heart drug aficamten with simultaneous MHRA approval

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RCPharm meets with new members of the Senedd

A pharmacist checks a box of medicine in a community pharmacy

GPhC increases minimum level of study for pharmacy technicians in new training standards

News from Scotland

‘We’re in our early days’: the Royal College of Pharmacy’s first national advisory council chairs on their priorities

A woman uses a insulin injection

Once-weekly insulin would be ‘significant change’ for diabetes prescribers

A child with allergies blows his nose with a tissue

NICE includes children in updated guidance for allergy medicine

A pharmacist assists a patient in a community pharmacy

Common ailments service rated as ‘excellent’ by almost all users, study finds

A middle aged man takes a tablet with water

NICE recommends heart drug aficamten with simultaneous MHRA approval

A photo of Liz Hallet (left) standing with Beca Brown (middle) and Geraldine McCaffrey (right)

RCPharm meets with new members of the Senedd

A pharmacist checks a box of medicine in a community pharmacy

GPhC increases minimum level of study for pharmacy technicians in new training standards

Learning & CPD

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Case-based learning: differentiating migraine in a patient with sickle cell disease

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Understanding risk and clinical utility, dropouts, data handling and the discussion section when evaluating studies

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Evaluating study results: statistical inference, hypothesis testing and significance

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Evaluating study results: central tendency and variability and confidence intervals

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Diabetic retinopathy: screening and management

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Evaluating clinical study methods: treatment considerations, outcomes, variables and measurements

Evaluating clinical trial eligibility criteria: recruitment methods, informed consent, control and blinding

Haemato-oncology

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Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors and B-cell malignancies: a guide for pharmacists

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Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: diagnosis and management

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How can pharmacists best support patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia?

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Management of Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinaemia

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BTK inhibitors: what pharmacists need to know

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BRUKINSA: explore the possibilities in CLL

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