Medicines optimisation: more than a buzzword? The medicines optimisation agenda is finally gathering momentum nearly two years on from a major Royal Pharmaceutical Society report on the concept.…
Direct-to-consumer genetic tests should come with a health warning Genetic testing is appropriate in certain situations, but for healthy people as a way to predict disease, it is imprecise and comes with a number of risks.…
It shouldn’t be up to pharmacists to check prescription eligibility Expecting pharmacists to enforce the collection of prescription charges cannot be considered a professional duty.…
Finding patient zero Advances in molecular techniques make it easier to track down the first patient to be infected with a disease while it is still useful.…
Dulaglutide launched in the UK as once-weekly diabetes treatmentThe second once-weekly non-insulin injection for patients with type 2 diabetes became available in the UK from 13 January 2015.…
Increased risk of severe skin reactions with expectorants containing ambroxol or bromhexinePatients taking expectorants containing ambroxol or bromhexine have a small increased risk of severe skin reactions such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome.…
NHS England drops therapies from cancer drugs fund to save £80m A total of 25 clinical indications will be removed from the government’s cancer drugs fund list, NHS England has announced.…
Learn about dosage form design ‘Design and manufacture of pharmaceutical tablets’, by Reynir Eyjolfsson.…
Urgent action: replacing a lost tooth A lost tooth is a common trauma that requires rapid action to maximise the chance of repair.…
A complete reference guide to vaccine production ‘Vaccine Development and Manufacturing’, edited by Emily P Wen, Ronald Ellis, Narahari S Pujar.…
