Saša Janković

Journalist

Saša Janković is a pharmacy journalist and business writer (www.sasawrites.com). Saša recently reported on the issue of gender inequality in the pharmacy profession and its impact on the careers of female pharmacists. The article ‘From the shop floor to the glass ceiling’ was featured in the March 2018 print edition of The Pharmaceutical Journal and was a catalyst for the #PJMindTheGap Twitter chat on gender inequality in pharmacy.

RPS publishes standards for pharmacists working for ‘hospital at home’ scheme

The eight standards have been created to set out what constitutes ‘good’ in terms of working practices, as well as audit and benchmark pharmacy services across eight core areas.…

Regulator to monitor registration assessment performance of three further pharmacy schools

Data from the General Pharmaceutical Council's report on the June 2023 registration exam show low pass rates for students from the University of Hertfordshire, University of Lincoln and University of Portsmouth.…

RPS launches consultation on greener pharmacy scheme

The proposals for greener pharmacy guides contain actions that community and hospital pharmacists can follow to help meet NHS net zero targets and self-accredit their pharmacy's sustainability status.…

Esketamine outperforms quetiapine for treatment-resistant depression, study finds

Patients with treatment-resistant depression, who received esketamine nasal spray plus an antidepressant, were more likely to achieve remission at eight weeks than those who received quetiapine and an antidepressant, according to trial results.…

‘Game changing’ cancer drug to be withdrawn by manufacturer

Takeda — manufacturer of Exkivity (mobocertinib), which is used to treat a rare form of lung cancer — has announced it intends to withdraw the drug after it did not meet its primary endpoint in a phase III trial.…

Waste management company launches nationwide inhaler recycling service

The “first UK-wide” inhaler recycling service has been launched after a successful trial.…

Roadmap to provide PrEP via community pharmacies will be ready by ‘end of the year’, government says

Health minister Neil O’Brien said the government’s HIV action plan implementation steering group was currently “working to develop a PrEP roadmap”.…

Nine pharmacies in one city to offer contraception initiation service following successful pilot

The pharmacies will be offering tier 2 of the Community Pharmacy Contraception Service pilot scheme, allowing pharmacists to initiate the oral contraceptive pill without a patient needing to see a GP.…

GPhC facing biggest ever backlog of open fitness-to-practise cases at initial assessment stage

Council papers said there were more than 700 open initial assessment fitness-to-practise cases.…

NICE recommends drug treatment for long-term insomnia

Daridorexant has been recommended as a second-line treatment for long-term insomnia by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.…