AbbVie and Shire merger called offThe proposed £32bn merger of the US pharmaceutical company AbbVie and Dublin-based Shire has been called off, the two companies have announced.…
Janice Try diesOn 18 September, Janice Try (née Newham, formerly Edwards) MRPharmS, aged 78, of 28 Meadway Park, Gerrards Cross, Bucks SL9 7NN. Mrs Try registered with Society in 1958.…
New Zealand allows access to sildenafil through pharmacy Men suffering erectile dysfunction in New Zealand are now able to buy sildenafil from specially trained pharmacists without a GP’s prescription.…
Disappointment at decision to ignore call to cap pharmacy student numbers A government refusal to introduce controls on the number of pharmacy students in the UK has been met with disappointment by pharmacy organisations.…
Review calls for improvements to medicines management in Welsh hospitals Unannounced inspections of facilities providing hospital care for elderly patients in Wales have revealed serious shortfalls in medicines management.…
Pharmacy regulator canvasses pre-registration tutors Pre-registration tutors are being asked by the General Pharmaceutical Council what they need to be better supported in their job.…
Support for Bill to allow terminal cancer patients access to drugs in development A private members Bill that seeks to allow doctors to prescribe investigational drugs to terminally ill cancer patients has won government backing.…
Public call for Roche to cut price of breast cancer drug An online petition calls on the drug company Roche to lower the price of its breast cancer drug Kadcyla to make it cheap enough to be made available on the NHS.…
National minor ailment scheme could help save NHS £1bn Community pharmacists in England could help save the NHS up to £1bn a year if they were contracted to run a national minor ailments service.…
Reconsider student intake controlsHEFCE and HEE have announced that they will not be introducing a cap on pharmacy student numbers. Sultan Khan explains why he disagrees with this decision.…
