Targeting hepatitis C — how new treatments work There are >185 million people with hepatitis C infection worldwide but new treatments mean that most people with access to therapy can now be cured. …
Supervision: what needs to change to move pharmacy forward? The board set up to review medicines legislation and to advise UK government ministers on pharmacy policy is due to make recommendations on how the rules around ‘supervision’ should change.…
Joel Elkes (1913–2015) A pioneer of neuropsychopharmacology, Joel Elkes’ research on the drug chlorpromazine helped revolutionise the treatment of those with psychotic illness.…
How to design and use learning objectives in clinical teaching Understanding the value of learning objectives and what makes a successful one.…
Diamond in the roughage: can foods prevent and treat disease? Evidence is emerging that biologically active compounds in foods could play an important role in the development of disease.…
Up to 3,000 pharmacies could close after government cuts, MPs warn Between 1,000 and 3,000 pharmacies — as many as one in four — could close in England as a result of government cuts to funding for pharmacy, the All Party Pharmacy Group (APPG) has warned.…
Deaths: Murray Grainger-SmithOn 12 October 2015, Murray Grainger-Smith MRPharmS, aged 78, of Strood, Rochester. Mr Grainger-Smith registered with the Society in 1961.…
Deaths: Robert Trevor HutchinsonOn 4 January 2016, Robert Trevor Hutchinson MRPharmS, aged 81, of Tadcaster, North Yorkshire. Mr Hutchinson registered with the Society in 1958. …
Deaths: Ali Akbar MohajerOn 27 December 2015, Ali Akbar Mohajer, aged 86, of West Felton, Shropshire. Mr Mohajer registered with the Society in 1981 and left in 2007. …
Deaths: Kenneth LeakOn 12 January 2016, Kenneth Leak, aged 84, of Durham, County Durham. Mr Leak registered with the Society in 1954 and left in 2011. …
