News Local Practice Forum events: 26 February – 8 March 2015Thursday 26 February: West Yorkshire Local practice forum event, ‘Setting up a travel clinic — challenges, benefits, training and travel health update’. University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH. Event 7.30pm. Book via the RPS website. …Published: 27 February 2015
News Drug candidate eCD4-Ig demonstrates durable protection against HIV infection A drug candidate known as “eCD4-Ig” — a fusion of CD4-Ig with a small CCR5-mimetic sulfopeptide — has efficiently neutralised 100% of a diverse panel of HIV-1, HIV-2 and simian immunodeficiency virus isolates.…Published: 27 February 2015
News Viral cell entry holds clue to effective treatment of Ebola Scientists have identified an important pathway used by the Ebola virus to gain entry into cells that may lead to new therapeutic approaches.…Published: 27 February 2015
News Former RPS president Ian Caldwell dies Ian Caldwell, former Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) president, has died aged 79. Caldwell registered as a pharmacist in 1960 and, after initial experience in hospital, worked as a community pharmacist from 1961–1964 and then as a works pharmacist and export manager in 1964&…Published: 27 February 2015
News Local practice forum events: 11–26 March 2015Wednesday 11 March: Sussex Local practice forum event, ‘Chronic kidney disease (CKD) — management in primary and secondary care’. An update on National Institute for Health and Care Excellence clinical guidelines for CKD and implementation in practice using case stu…Published: 27 February 2015
News Antibiotic prescribing guidance18 February 2015: A consultation on a new NICE guideline for health and social care staff to help tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) was portrayed by the media as health professionals “policing” each other about prescribing levels. Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) spokesperson…Published: 27 February 2015
News Fines over missed medical exemption renewal20 February 2015: The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) responded to a special investigation by BBC Oxford Radio, also reported on BBC News online, into fines being issued without warning to patients who have forgotten to renew their medical exemption certificates. RPS spokes…Published: 27 February 2015
News Jeremiah Jenkinson diesOn 21 February 2015, Jeremiah Jenkinson MRPharmS, aged 81, of 225 Liverpool Road, Hutton, Preston PR4 5FE. Mr Jenkinson registered with the Society in 1955.…Published: 27 February 2015
News Graham John Palfrey diesOn 22 November 2014, Graham John Palfrey, aged 81, of The Fold, Sheep Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cheltenham GL54 1AU. Mr Palfrey registered with the Society in 1957. He left the Society in 2014.…Published: 27 February 2015
News Safety data prompt calls for a halt on NSAID use in patients with heart disease The use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients receiving antithrombotic therapy after myocardial infarction doubles the risk of further heart attacks, researchers find.…Published: 27 February 2015