PJ, August 2025, Vol 315, No 8000

MHRA approves UK’s first immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes

Teplizumab (Tzield; Sanofi) has been approved by the MHRA for delaying the progression of type 1 diabetes mellitus.…

More than 40 organisations commit to include older adults in research

The statement of intent outlined commitments to “challenge any unwarranted exclusion of older adults or those with long-term conditions (multimorbidity) from research”.…

Health news round-up: AI, health inequalities and GLP-1 drugs

Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson shares some important developments in health news.…

Case-based learning: frailty

The number of older people living with frailty is increasing. Pharmacists play a major role in medicines optimisation in these patients.…

Rise in prescriptions incorrectly claimed under HRT pre-payment scheme

Sertraline was the most common medication claimed for via the HRT prescription prepayment certificate, despite not being on the list of included medicines.…

ADHD medication associated with reduced risk of adverse life events

In nearly 150,000 patients with ADHD, first incidences of suicidal behaviour, substance misuse, transport accidents and criminal convictions were lower in those who had started drug treatment within three months of diagnosis.…

Boots delivers more than 1 million Pharmacy First consultations

Boots says the most common condition for which customers have sought advice and treatment under Pharmacy First was uncomplicated UTIs in women aged under 65 years.…

Upskilling pharmacy teams to make migraine care routine practice

Attendees at a roundtable hosted by The Pharmaceutical Journal agreed that pharmacy teams can — and want to — provide enhanced support for patients with migraine, for which inequalities of care have been identified.…

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RPS invites profession to help shape future royal college strategy

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) is inviting pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, students and the wider pharmacy community to take part in a new series of online events this autumn to help shape the future strategy of the organisation, as it prepares to become a royal college. The new s…

Alun Hopkins (1939–2025)

On 18 July 2025, Alun Hopkins MPharmS, aged 86 years, of London. Mr Hopkins registered with the Society in 1963. Tribute Alun passes away leaving a wife and one daughter who are both pharmacists, and another daughter who is a dentist. His legacy in healthcare lives on through his family. …