News CCA calls for Pharmacy First to include independent prescribing The Company Chemists’ Association said that including pharmacist independent prescribing into Pharmacy First would enable pharmacists to “have the skills and tools to better meet patient needs”.…Published: 27 May 2026
News Electronic medical records can identify prescribing patterns for antibiotic allergies, study results show Following analysis of 342 children's electronic medical records, researchers identified 67 children with a possible or probable antibiotic allergy.…Published: 26 May 2026
News UK government rules out appointment of valproate tsar Health minister Preet Kaur Gill confirmed in a parliamentary answer that the Department of Health and Social Care “does not at present intend to appoint a senior team or a tsar in relation to those affected by sodium valproate”.…Published: 26 May 2026
News CPE committee minutes reveal concerns over proposed regulatory changes following Jhoots failures Members of a Community Pharmacy England committee said regulatory changes should not be made until it is made clear that they were “needed and would address the issues”.…Published: 26 May 2026
News Phase III retatrutide study demonstrates 30% weight loss Researchers found that at 104 weeks of the TRIUMPH-1 trial, participants with severe obesity who took retatrutide 9mg or 12mg achieved up to 30% weight loss.…Published: 22 May 2026
News Pharmacies can reform ‘outdated’ childhood vaccination programmes The National Pharmacy Association has urged the NHS to commission pharmacies to offer childhood vaccinations to school-aged children in hopes of increasing vaccination rates among teenagers.…Published: 22 May 2026
News Health news round-up: immunotherapy for depression, PCOS to PMOS, and clopidogrel for East Asian patients The Pharmaceutical Journal’s weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…Published: 22 May 2026
News MHRA asks for views on rare disease therapy plans The ‘Rare disease therapies regulatory framework’ would incorporate a compressed regulatory pathway, aimed to reduce the cost of developing rare disease therapies and make them more affordable, the MHRA said.…Published: 21 May 2026
News Study authors suggest optimal dosing for different ADHD medications Despite concerns about subtherapeutic prescribing, researchers said the dose–effect relationships of all ADHD medications and age groups had “not been comprehensively assessed” prior to their study.…Published: 21 May 2026
News Mary Arme (1937–2026)On 4 January 2026, Mary Arme, aged 88 years, of Newcastle. Mrs Arme registered with the College in 1960 and remained a member until 2 March 2022.…Published: 21 May 2026
