PJ, March 2022, Vol 308, No 7959

RPS calls for complete ban on online diet drug

The RPS believes that 2,4-Dinitrophenol should not be supplied under any circumstances.…

Resistant mutation found in some COVID-19 patients treated with sotrovimab

The stewardship of monoclonal antibodies is vital to prevent transmission of potentially resistant COVID-19 variants, the researchers said.…

Antiseptic as effective as antibiotics in preventing recurrent UTIs, study results suggest

There was just a small numerical difference in urinary tract infection incidence between the daily antibiotic and methenamine hippurate groups.…

Going plant-based: how molecular farming could revolutionise drug development

As the first plant-based COVID-19 vaccine is approved, we look at how this alternative means of developing drugs may be cheaper, more efficient and could even produce a superior product.…

Over half of consultation respondents support plans to end two-year wait to become independent prescriber

The General Pharmaceutical Council has proposed removing the requirement for a pharmacist to have two years of patient-orientated experience to become an independent prescriber to meet demand for the role.…

Boots in talks over providing community diagnostic centres

Asif Aziz, director of healthcare at Boots, said the multiple has “a strong ambition" to expand beyond pharmacy into other areas of healthcare and support the NHS backlog.…

Pharmacists should be first point of contact for common clinical conditions, survey suggests

An Ipsos Mori survey of 1,107 members of the Scottish general public also revealed that 87% of respondents thought it was important for pharmacists to prescribe medicines.…

Hospital trusts allocated £1.2m of funding to improve IT systems for discharge medicines service

Exclusive: The funding follows a change to a standard NHS contract that requires trusts to use "all reasonable endeavours" to discharge patients via the service.…

Community mental health pharmacist training scheme to start in April 2022

Exclusive: The University of Bradford will begin year-long training of 50 pharmacists to become specialist mental health pharmacists in April 2022.…

It is time to act on the inequalities in treatment for substance misuse among LGBTQ+ people

Pharmacy staff are well placed to improve the healthcare experience for people in the LGBTQ+ community, a group that is often more susceptible to substance misuse.…