NICE backs use of HRT for menopausal symptoms Hormone replacement therapy should be considered to treat menopausal symptoms and healthcare professionals should be more willing to discuss this option with patients, according to the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.…
Pharmacists cautious about including prescribing as core skill in initial education Pharmacists and their employers are cautious about including prescribing as a core skill within the initial professional education and training of pharmacists, according to responses to a General Pharmaceutical Council discussion paper.…
Hepatitis C project set for roll out after winning QiC award An award-winning project to improve access to hepatitis C testing and treatment in community pharmacy for patients addicted to opioid drugs is set to be extended over the next few months.…
Pharmacists’ skills underused in battle to halt inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, survey suggests Around 74% of community pharmacists believe their skills in helping to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing are not being used, according to the results of a survey presented ahead of European Antibiotics Awareness Day.…
FDA approves new HIV combination therapy designed to reduce side effects A new HIV combination therapy for the treatment of adults and children aged over 12 years has been approved in the United States by the US Food and Drug Administration.…
Deaths: Bryan EllisonOn 30 September 2015, Bryan Ellison MRPharmS, aged 82, of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Mr Ellison registered with the Society in 1955.…
European drug regulator finds HPV vaccine not linked to syndromes There is no evidence to suggest that the human papillomavirus vaccine causes two syndromes in young women, the European Medicines Agency has concluded in a safety review.…
NICE consults on its first guideline on the safe use of controlled drugs The first national guideline for the safe use and management of controlled drugs has been published in draft form by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and is now out for consultation.…
Doctors reluctant to reduce medication even when blood sugar may be dangerously low Older patients with diabetes whose blood sugar or blood pressure may be dangerously low are being overtreated because clinicians are reluctant to change medication in this group of patients, according to the results of two studies.…
FDA approves injectable monoclonal antibody for severe asthma The US Food and Drug Administration has approved mepolizumab (GlaxoSmithKline’s Nucala), a humanized interleukin-5 antagonist monoclonal antibody, for use with other drugs to treat asthma in patients aged 12 years and over.…