News Community pharmacy vital to tackling antimicrobial resistance, summit hears Commissioning community pharmacies to handle minor infections more often could help reduce dependence on antibiotics, conference told.…Published: 13 November 2014
News Fatal case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy linked to TecfideraA fatal case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy has been reported for the first time in a patient receiving dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera).…Published: 13 November 2014
News New bactericidal enzyme solution could help the fight against MRSA infection An enzyme that kills meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been developed by Dutch biotech company Micreos.…Published: 12 November 2014
News Wales will not have a Cancer Drugs Fund, health minister says Wales will not have a Cancer Drugs Fund, despite a 98,000-signature petition calling for equity of access to cancer drugs for patients in England and Wales being handed to the Welsh Assembly on 5 November 2014.…Published: 12 November 2014
News Breakthrough in targeting KRAS gene mutation implicated in many cancers Researchers have identified an agent that interferes with the cell signalling protein KRAS and which produces a dose-dependent reduction in tumour growth in a mouse model.…Published: 12 November 2014
News UK bill aims to allow off-patent drugs to be licensed for new purposes A bill going through Parliament wants the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to appraise off-patent drugs to allow them to be used for new indications.…Published: 12 November 2014
News Biomarker test could help reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribingPoint-of-care testing for a biomarker of bacterial infection would help to limit unnecessary antibiotic prescribing by GPs, suggests a systematic review.…Published: 11 November 2014
News RPS Faculty update: extension to portfolio deadlineThe RPS Faculty has extended the deadline for members to submit portfolios for the last cycle of assessments to midnight on Sunday 30 November 2014, in response to requests from members. The credentialing panel has been rearranged for Wednesday 25 February 2015. Webinars are ava…Published: 11 November 2014
News John Wyles diesOn 9 October, John Wyles MRPharmS, aged 76, of Flat 32, Hawthorn Gardens, The Hawthorns Caerleon, Newport, Gwent NP18 1NX. Mr Wyles registered with the Society in 1960.…Published: 11 November 2014
News Antimicrobial resistance summit6 November 2014: the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) hosted a summit on antimicrobial resistance, attended by GPs, hospital doctors, nurses and pharmacists. The summit called for binding national targets to “roll back” antibiotic prescribing to 2010 levels, to halt the relentless…Published: 11 November 2014