PJ, 31 January 2015, Vol 294, No 7847

EU approval of AbbVie’s hepatitis C combination therapies challenges Gilead’s Harvoni

A highly effective therapy for patients with hepatitis C is being launched by AbbVie in the EU over the next couple of months in direct competition with another treatment made by Gilead that was approved in 2014 and is now being rolled out. …

Pre-reg pharmacists dissatisfied with their training more likely to have trained in community sector

Pharmacist trainees who completed their training in the community sector are more likely to be dissatisfied with the experience, while a higher proportion of dissatisfied students trained in London.…

Gillian Judith Day dies

On 5 December 2014, Gillian Judith Day MRPharmS, aged 75, of 2 Boston Close, Bramhall, Stockport, Cheshire SK7 2BP. Mrs Day registered with the Society in 1961.…

Pharmacists set to be drafted into dozens of A&E departments in England

Large expansion of NHS pilot project will see many more pharmacists working in emergency departments.…

Tribute for Robert Blyth

So Robert Blyth, the one-time editor of The Pharmaceutical Journal, is no longer with us. I can’t imagine Robert “shuffling off this mortal coil”, because he was not that sort of man. We worked together at The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, as it then was, in Bloomsbury and Lambeth,…

Saturday 28 February/Sunday 1 March: Pre-registration mock exam and revision course

Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) event, ‘Pre-registration mock exam and revision course’. Holiday Inn Bloomsbury, Coram Street, London WC1N 1HT. Weekend event, 9am–5.30pm on Saturday and Sunday. Book via the RPS website.…

Wednesday 22 April: Joint QP symposium

Joint Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and Royal Society of Chemistry and Society of Biology event, ‘14th Joint Qualified Person (QP) Symposium’. Holiday Inn Bloomsbury, Coram St, London WC1N 1HT. Event 9.30am–4pm. Book via the RPS website.…

Wednesday 18 February: RPS Faculty webinar

Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Faculty webinar, ‘Faculty Question Time’. Find the answers to any questions you have about the Faculty such as: is it for me? What is involved? How long does it take to build my portfolio? Online 7–8pm. Register and access the …

Tuesday 10 February: RPS Faculty webinar

Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Faculty webinar, ‘Faculty Question Time’. Find the answers to any questions you have about the Faculty such as: i s it for me?  What is involved?  How long does it take to build my portfolio?  Onli…

Discovering how to identify new psychoactive substances through PhD research

Researcher Amira Guirguis is designing a model to improve on-site identification of new psychoactive substances of misuse. She explains why the work is vital to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and prevent avoidable deaths.…