News US healthcare groups recommend ways of tackling ongoing drug shortages Recommendations for addressing ongoing shortages of essential medicines have been made by a group of US healthcare organisations.…Published: 11 February 2015
Feature Drug shortages: it’s time for Europe to act Unlike the United States, Europe has no plan for coordinated action to mitigate drug shortages.…Published: 29 January 2015
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
