GPhC agrees new threshold criteria for complaints New threshold criteria governing when a complaint against a pharmacist or technician should be referred to the professional regulator’s investigation committee have been agreed.…
Dutch website selling tapering kits for coming off antidepressants launches English-language version Patients in the UK will be able to buy kits containing prescription-only medicines from the website without a prescription, but the MHRA warns that self-medication is potentially risky.…
Pharmacists call on RPS to declare views on pharmacy supervision Pharmacists are demanding that candidates standing for presidency of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) declare where they stand on controversial proposals to allow pharmacy technicians to supervise community pharmacies.…
Darzi Fellowship could open the door to community cancer treatment A fellowship programme designed to develop the next generation of senior clinical leaders in health and social care will involve community pharmacy for the first time, it has been announced.…
ABPI applies for judicial review to challenge NHS and NICE The ABPI has confirmed that it has applied for a judicial review to challenge a decision made by NHS England and the NICE to introduce process for medicines likely to cost the NHS more than £20m in any of the first three years of use.…
PPIs linked to increased risk of death Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) could be responsible for thousands of excess deaths every year, according to the authors of a recent study.…
Anti-inflammatory asthma drug could treat type 2 diabetes Researchers have found that a repurposed anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic drug previously developed for asthma improved blood glucose control in people with type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.…
Deaths: Basil TrakmanOn 15 April 2017, Basil Trakman, aged 96, of Hampstead, London. Mr Trakman registered with the Society in 1960 and left in 2005.…
Deaths: David James WarburtonOn 28 June 2017, David James Warburton MRPharmS, aged 83, of Bexhill-on-Sea, West Sussex. Mr Warburton registered with the Society in 1956.…
How the Gates Foundation seeks to energise the global fight against neglected tropical diseases The president of the global health division at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Trevor Mundel, reveals how it is taking action against neglected tropical diseases.…