News Drug manufacturers propose alert system to mitigate medicine shortages European drug manufacturers have developed a communications framework which they claim could help prevent medicines shortages or lessen their impact.…Published: 28 January 2015
News EURMED launched to facilitate medicines donations in response to global appealsAn initiative described as a “step change” in the ability of the European pharmaceutical industry to donate medicines in response to global disasters or appeals for humanitarian aid has been launched.…Published: 10 December 2014
News Conflict in Ukraine leads to disruption to HIV and TB treatmentPeople in Ukraine infected with HIV/AIDS or tuberculosis have faced interrupted treatment, says a UN report on the protracted conflict.…Published: 16 October 2014
News Drones to deliver drugs to remote German pharmacy An unmanned ‘parcelcopter’ will deliver drugs and other urgent supplies to a remote island in the North Sea, a few miles off the coast of Germany.…Published: 29 September 2014
News Paediatric formulations of tuberculosis drugs are urgently needed as the disease re-emerges Unless there are new paediatric formulations of drugs for tuberculosis, it is likely that multidrug resistant strains of the disease will develop.…Published: 26 September 2014
News Supply shortages of antiretrovirals can have devastating consequences for patients Medication non-adherence is not always within the patient’s control. Poor supply chain management and natural or other disasters can threaten access as well.…Published: 26 September 2014
News .pharmacy web address to go live in early 2015 Applications to use the generic top-level internet domain “.pharmacy” will open by the end of 2014 in the United States.…Published: 5 September 2014
News Healthcare at Home has further two months to tackle service problems A home delivery medicine service with responsibility for more than 150,000 patients has been given another two months to get its house in order.…Published: 3 September 2014
News Medicines supply chain ‘overwhelmed’ by Ebola crisis Pharmacists working in West Africa have spoken about the overwhelming scale of the challenges they have faced in Liberia in the battle against the Ebola virus.…Published: 12 August 2014
