PJ, 18 July 2015, Vol 295, No 7871

Pharmacy students must be better prepared for their future careers

I read with interest the General Pharmaceutical Council’s (GPhC) recent conclusion that the existing MPharm degree offered by British universities fails to equip pharmacists with the skills needed to deliver care and services expected of them in the future ( The Pharmaceutical Jour…

Researchers suggest indefinite anticoagulation for patients with unprovoked pulmonary embolism

Research into the benefits of warfarin for patients who have suffered a blockage in a lung artery suggest that the anticoagulant should be administered indefinitely.…

Lightweight account of hospital management

‘It’s never easy these days’ by Gareth Hollbrooke.…

Methotrexate identified as potential treatment for blood cancers

Researchers screened for drugs that inhibit metabolic pathway associated with myeloproliferative neoplasms.…

Long-acting drugs lead to better outcomes for schizophrenics

Patients with a first episode of psychosis should be offered an injection of a long-acting antipsychotic rather than just oral medication.…

Understanding operations through the eyes of a neurosurgeon

‘Do no harm’ by Henry Marsh.…

Providing specialist mental health support to an acute trust

Improved outcomes for mental health patients, including reduced length of hospital stay, is a major aim of a new pharmacist role in Wigan.…

Walgreen Boots Alliance sees earnings rise by nearly 40%

The largest retail pharmacy, health and daily living group in the United States and Europe, Walgreens Boots Alliance, has reported a 39.9% increase in its third quarter net earnings to US$1.1bn for the period ending 31 May 2015.…

Prescription items dispensed in England rise by 3% in 2014

The number of prescription items dispensed in the community in England increased by 3.3% between 2013 and 2014 and by 55.2% in the past ten years.…

Drug and medical device companies paid US doctors and hospitals US$6.5bn in 2014

Pharmaceutical and medical device companies paid US$6.5bn in fees to US physicians and teaching hospitals in 2014, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.…