PJ July 2020, Vol 305, No 7939

NOW EXTENDED: A brave new world? Share your ideas on post-pandemic pharmacy in our writing competition

Flex your creative skills and enter our annual writing competition this year.…

Foundation training programme could replace preregistration year from the summer of 2021

A year of foundation training could replace the pharmacist preregistration year across the UK from summer 2021, Health Education England and NHS England have suggested.…

It is time to take down the barriers faced by black pharmacists

Action is needed as a 15-percentage-point gap between white and black pharmacy students awarded upper class MPharm degrees is revealed.…

Making the MPharm fairer: what can be done about the ethnicity awarding gap?

After our investigation shows an “unacceptable gap” in awarding rates for higher degrees between white students and their black, Asian and minority ethnic counterparts, we ask how this disparity can be addressed.…

Greater proportion of white students awarded upper class pharmacy degrees, compared with BAME students

Exclusive:  An analysis of data by The Pharmaceutical Journal reveals for the first time that a significantly lower proportion of black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) students are awarded a higher MPharm degree, compared with their white counterparts. …

Interchangeability of biosimilars: a global perspective for pharmacists

The first innovator biologic drug was introduced around 40 years ago in the early 1980s. This article provides pharmacists with an overview of the pivotal concepts of biosimilar interchangeability with innovator biologics.…

Access to contraception in primary care leaves much to be desired — community pharmacy should prescribe, as well as supply, pills and patches

Pharmacists can do more than just dispensing contraceptives; by prescribing and monitoring them in the pharmacy, they can free GPs to provide women with a wider range of contraceptive choices.…

Scottish Pharmacy Board meeting: 24 June 2020

At the latest Royal Pharmaceutical Society Scottish Pharmacy Board meeting, discussions revolved around the COVID-19 pandemic and promoting inclusion and diversity across the profession.…

English Pharmacy Board meeting: 24 June 2020

At the latest Royal Pharmaceutical Society English Pharmacy Board meeting, discussions revolved around the COVID-19 pandemic and promoting inclusion and diversity across the profession.…

Welsh Pharmacy Board meeting: 24 June 2020

At the latest Royal Pharmaceutical Society Welsh Pharmacy Board meeting, discussions revolved around board elections, inclusion and diversity, and key work undertaken in Wales.…