PJ, August 2021, Vol 307, No 7952

Stephen Foulger (1937–2021)

On 3 August 2021, Stephen Foulger MRPharmS, aged 84 years, of Birmingham, West Midlands. Mr Foulger registered with the Society in 1969.…

Diabetes drug to treat chronic kidney disease in adults has licence extension granted

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has granted a licence extension for dapagliflozin, after promising trial results.…

How pharmacists have taken over the care of venous thromboembolism patients in our area

Kieron Power describes the humble beginnings of his clinic, which has developed into the point of care for all patients with venous thromboembolism in his health board.…

Trainees told to wait until November 2021 to retake registration exam after technical problems

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has written to the pharmacy regulator to ask for a "fairer solution" for affected candidates.…

Anticoagulants can increase survival in hospitalised patients with moderate COVID-19, trial data show

Findings from three integrated trials have shown patients with moderate COVID-19 who were treated with therapeutic-dose anticoagulation heparin were less likely to need organ support.…

Action should be taken against pharmaceutical companies who hike prices of off-patent medicines

The views expressed in this letter are those of the author’s. If you would like to submit a letter to The Pharmaceutical Journal, please click here. We live in a time where a majority of us, in the UK, take a special pride in our NHS. We are told it’s the envy of much of the world. We kno…

Access to pharmacists at all times would reduce medication errors in hospital, concludes review

The review also said that wider implementation of electronic prescribing systems and an integrated electronic health record could help reduce errors.…

Increase in high-risk prescribing of antipsychotic in primary care, data suggest

Exclusive: Short-term psychosis treatment zuclopenthixol acetate can be confused with zuclopenthixol decanoate, a maintenance treatment for schizophrenia and paranoid psychoses.…

GPhC intends to provide registration assessment online until 2024

Exclusive: The General Pharmaceutical Council has said it is currently tendering a contract for a supplier to provide a computer-based registration assessment in UK test centres over the next three years.…

E. coli resistance on an ‘upward trajectory’ despite targets to cut antibiotic prescribing, according to review

The 2015/2016 'Quality premium' successfully incentivised a reduction in antibiotic prescribing, but a review has revealed that the rate of Escherichia coli antibiotic resistance has continued to increase.…