Affiong Harcourt Bassey Etuk diesOn 17 May 2015, Affiong Harcourt Bassey Etuk (née Affiong Harcourt Ekpo) MRPharmS, aged 79, of Cross River State, Nigeria. Mrs Etuk registered with the Society in 1965.…
Alec Jackson diesOn 28 June 2015, Alec Jackson MRPharmS, aged 77, of Cinderford, Gloucestershire. Mr Jackson registered with the Society in 1960.…
BPSA wants full speed ahead with move to five-year pharmacy courseThe British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (BPSA) fully supports the move to a five-year integrated pharmacy degree. We believe that this is essential in order to continue to train pharmacists who are fit for purpose at the point of qualification in a fast-moving and increasingly challen…
Promoting antimicrobial stewardship in a hospital lab Bench rounds at Northwick Park Hospital help promote the prudent use of antimicrobials.…
Pharmacists in Scotland and Wales call for ‘parity’ of records access following England roll-out plans Pharmacists call for the level of access to patient records to be aligned across the UK.…
Nivolumab granted positive scientific opinion under UK early access scheme Nivolumab, a new lung cancer drug, has been granted a positive scientific opinion by the UK medicines safety regulator under the Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS).…
EMA recommends measures to help patients use adrenaline auto-injectors correctly The European Medicines Agency is recommending a raft of new measures to help educate patients and carers on the proper use of adrenaline auto-injectors.…
Panobinostat set for approval in Europe as multiple myeloma treatment The multiple myeloma drug panobinostat has received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency for the treatment of relapsed or refractory disease.…
Statins increase aggression in postmenopausal women Statins could reduce aggression in men but increase aggression in postmenopausal women, according to research at the University of California, San Diego.…
Successful representation is a two-way processI write in response to Sid Dajani’s call on Twitter to rethink the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Pharmacy Board elections (The Pharmaceutical Journal 2015;294:661). I was a member of the Transitional Committee established to develop a modern “fit-for-purpose” RPS. We spent a l…
