Central nervous system agents

Health news round-up: puberty blockers, oral GLP-1s and inequalities in neonatal care

A weekly summary of important developments in pharmacy and health news that you may have missed.…

Orforglipron offers greater weight loss for people with diabetes than oral semaglutide

Researchers found that although patients who took orforglipron lost more body weight on average compared with semaglutide, more patients stopped taking the drug owing to adverse effects.…

Pharmacies respond to GP funding incentives for weight-loss drugs

The government said that two indicators that track the provision of obesity care to eligible patients will be added to the Quality and Outcomes Framework under the GP contract for 2026/2027.…

Health news round-up: GLP-1s for psoriasis, promise for people with cancer and pharmacogenomics

A weekly summary of important developments in pharmacy and health news that you may have missed.…

NICE widens access to SGLT-2 inhibitors and GLP-1s in updated type 2 diabetes guidance

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence said the changes could prevent up to 17,000 deaths in the UK over three years.…

Over-the-counter medicines are being purchased by children as young as 13 years, reveals survey

Overall, more than half of the survey respondent had used over-the-counter medicines in a six-month period.…

Two-fifths of children have seen weight-loss drugs online despite ban

The results of a survey conducted by the Children’s Commissioner revealed that girls were more likely than boys to see adverts for weight-loss injections online.…

Health news round-up: medicines in pregnancy, GLP-1s and eating disorders, and new cancer treatments

A weekly summary of important developments in pharmacy and health news that you may have missed.…

The dark side of the ‘miracle jab’: why eating disorder safety cannot be an afterthought

As the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists increases, so must our awareness of patients who have an eating disorder or who are at risk of developing one.…

Health news round-up: travel warnings, AMR in children, and the latest on medicine supply

A weekly summary of important developments in pharmacy and health news that you may have missed.…