Risk of mortality drops in COVID-19 patients given anticoagulation within a day of hospital admission, research finds COVID-19 patients who received prophylactic anticoagulation within 24 hours of hospital admission had a 27% decreased risk for 30-day mortality, compared with those who did not.…
‘Beyond our wildest dreams’ – CAR-T therapies in multiple myeloma CAR-T therapies have been licensed in the UK since 2018 for the treatment of B cell lymphoma. But with positive results emerging for their use in multiple myeloma, and the promise of potential in solid tumours, excitement around CAR-T continues to grow.…
Almost a third of hospitals report ‘complete outages’ of medicines during COVID-19 pandemic Data from 98 NHS trusts in England showed that there were shortages of some first-line critical care medicines during the COVID-19 pandemic, with several other drugs also being in short supply.…
Community pharmacy will transform post-hospital care in 2021 The discharge medicines service, a new service launching in all community pharmacies in England, is set to improve transfer of care on discharge from hospital.…
Clinicians encouraged to consider tocilizumab or sarilumab in treatment of hospitalised COVID-19 patients Results from the REMAP-CAP trial have suggested that tocilizumab and sarilumab reduced the risk of death from COVID-19 by 24% when administered in the first 24 hours of a patient entering intensive care.…
Top ten features of 2020No prizes for guessing what this year’s most popular features have been based on… yes, everything and anything to do with COVID-19.…
Pharmacist-led feedback for prescribers cuts errors in hospital, study suggests A pharmacist-led feedback intervention, aimed at supporting prescribers, resulted in a significant reduction in prescribing errors in hospital, a study has found.…
2020: How has your year been? As this challenging year comes to an end, we ask five members of the profession how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted their lives.…
Pharmacist salaries in east of England fall by a fifth in one year, ONS figures show Pharmacists working in the east of England area saw a 19% drop in their salaries on average this year, data from the Office for National Statistics show.…
Hospital pharmacists oversee ‘safe handling’ of COVID-19 vaccines in vaccination centres Hospital pharmacists working in vaccination centres and hospital hubs are given the “lead responsibility” for ensuring COVID-19 vaccines are safely handled and administered, England’s chief pharmaceutical officer has said.…
