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Alison Astles, subject leader in pharmacy, University of Huddersfield

Greening the MPharm: integrating environmental sustainability into the curriculum

The views expressed in this letter are those of the author’s. If you would like to submit a letter to The Pharmaceutical Journal, please click here. The latest report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in August 2021, highlighted a "code red for h…

Understanding the chemical basis of drug stability and degradation

In this science article, Timothy J. Snape, Alison M. Astles and Janice Davies discuss the chemical basis for the stability of certain functional groups within drug molecules against hydrolytic degradation and consider the methods used to maximise their stability on storage.…

Take a close look at citalopram and you can predict its contraindications

In this science article, Timothy J. Snape and Alison M. Astles go back to basics with some revision of fundamental chemistry principles and look at how they are directly applicable to current pharmacy practice, using citalopram as an example.…

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