News NICE puts forward recommendations on safe use of medicinesNearly 50 recommendations on how health and social care staff and organisations can ensure medicines are used safely have been published by NICE.…Published: 13 October 2014
News Three quarters of vets have treated pets given human medicines More than three quarters of vets treated pets last year that had become ill after ingesting medicines meant for humans, a survey has found.…Published: 10 October 2014
News EMA expands public access to suspected drug side effect dataThe public now has access to a website containing reports of suspected side effects of drugs authorised by medicines safety regulators in European Union member states.…Published: 9 October 2014
News Scotland’s fund for accessing new drugs evolves and expandsA £40m fund to make new medicines available to people with rare conditions or those at the end of life has been announced by the Scottish government.…Published: 8 October 2014
News Bestway Group takes control of Co-operative PharmacyCo-operative Pharmacy has officially become part of the Bestway Group, a global business with interests in wholesale cash and carry, cement and banking.…Published: 7 October 2014
News Nobel prize awarded for deciphering how individuals orientate themselvesThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three neuroscientists who between them discovered the brain’s “inner GPS”.…Published: 7 October 2014
News Annual national flu vaccination programme kicks off in EnglandFour-year-old children in England are being offered a free influenza vaccination on the NHS for the first time as part of the annual national programme.…Published: 6 October 2014
News Case of Middle East respiratory syndrome confirmed in Europe A new case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus has been confirmed in Europe after a 29-year-old Saudi Arabian sought treatment for an upper respiratory tract infection in Vienna two days after arriving from Doha, says WHO.…Published: 3 October 2014
News Doctors call for improvement of inflammatory bowel disease services Doctors are calling for a national strategy for inflammatory bowel disease so that it receives the same attention as other chronic conditions such as diabetes.…Published: 3 October 2014
News RPS endorses Boots training providerThe Royal Pharmaceutical Society has given a three-year stamp of approval to Boots’ in-house training provider — Boots UK Professional Learning and Development.…Published: 1 October 2014