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December 2023, Vol 311, No 7980
Top news stories
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Fewer than 5,000 people prescribed anticholesterol drug inclisiran in primary care as of July 2023
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Pharmacy technicians may prepare and dispense medicines without supervision under government proposals
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Life cycle adjustment left out of statutory scheme on pricing of NHS medicines
Features
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Revisiting 2023: a look back at the year in pharmacy
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How has 2023 stacked up for the pharmacy sector?
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Inclisiran: the ‘extremely unusual’ political influence behind the novel drug’s approval
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Routine delays: the cancer services struggling to treat patients on time
Opinion
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PJ view: Transparency in the science behind government policy is vital
![Andy Cowper, editor of Health Policy Insight](https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Lead-2-e1698676192123-343x194.jpg)
The vision for supervision
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How we are igniting change through the chief pharmaceutical officer’s Fellowship scheme
![Parastou Donyai](https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Parastou-Donyai-circle-WM-343x194.jpg)
Elevating research within pharmacy
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Community pharmacies’ full potential is trapped in an iron cage of bureaucracy
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Pharmacy has a role in innovation adoption in healthcare systems
Learning & CPD
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Learning and CPD: 2023 in review
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Top ten articles of 2023 from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s research journals
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Case-based learning: testosterone deficiency
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Introduction to clinical assessment for prescribers
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Test yourself: the 2023 CPD and Learning quiz
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Pharmaceutical considerations for fracture management in adults
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Prostate cancer: recognition and diagnosis
Women to Watch
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Exceptional pharmacy professionals hailed in The Pharmaceutical Journal’s 2023 ‘Women to Watch’ list
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Abeer Aamir
![Image with the Women to Watch 2023 logo and Ifesinachi Anyamene](https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Anyamene-343x194.jpg)
Ifesinachi Anyamene
![Image with the Women to Watch 2023 logo and Chloe Barclay](https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Barclay-343x194.jpg)
Chloe Barclay
![Image with the Women to Watch 2023 logo and Elaine Ferguson](https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Ferguson-343x194.jpg)
Elaine Ferguson
![Image with the Women to Watch 2023 logo and Maryam Jetha](https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Jetha-343x194.jpg)
Maryam Jetha
![Image with the Women to Watch 2023 logo and Sobha Sharma Kandel](https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Kandel-343x194.jpg)