More UK patients will now be eligible for two costly hepatitis C treatments Sofosbuvir has received the green light from NICE but will not be available to patients until August 2015, while simeprevir will only be accessible through a patient access scheme.…
It shouldn’t be up to pharmacists to check prescription eligibility Expecting pharmacists to enforce the collection of prescription charges cannot be considered a professional duty.…
Finding patient zero Advances in molecular techniques make it easier to track down the first patient to be infected with a disease while it is still useful.…
Cancer deaths in people under 80 can be eliminated by 2050, says UCL report Continued access to innovative treatments and improved prevention strategies will allow cancer deaths in people under 80 years of age to be eliminated by 2050.…
NICE offers advice on gastro-oesophageal reflux in childrenThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published its first clinical guideline on the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in infants and children.…
Developing studies to test drug safety as a research fellow In her role as principal research fellow at the Drug Safety Research Unit, Deborah Layton uses principles of pharmacoepidemiology to develop studies to help assess the safety of drugs.…
The public trusts pharmacists but not to the same degree as other health professionals, survey shows The public trusts the advice given by a community pharmacist but the degree of trust is lower than that afforded to other health professionals, according to an IPSOS/Mori poll.…
Risk of heart problems prompts removal of OTC diclofenac from UK pharmacy shelves Oral diclofenac tablets, used for short-term pain relief, will no longer be available as an over-the-counter pharmacy medicine in the UK.…
Osteoporosis: a disease of the modern world?A lack of vigorous exercise has caused human bones to become weaker over thousands of years.…
Dulaglutide launched in the UK as once-weekly diabetes treatmentThe second once-weekly non-insulin injection for patients with type 2 diabetes became available in the UK from 13 January 2015.…
