Pharmacy teams should be integral to humanitarian organisations Why humanitarian pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are crucial for the global management of medicines and health technologies.…
Director for RPS Scotland wins FIP Congress oral presentation prize Laura Wilson said she hopes her presentation helped to encourage pharmacists “from across the world to consider how hospital clinical pharmacy services can be transformed to enhance patient care”.…
One-year route to registration for overseas qualified pharmacists proposed by regulator The registration route would initially apply to non-European Economic Area and non-European Free Trade Association qualified pharmacists.…
State of pharmacy: what’s in store for the profession under Labour? Labour’s plans for pharmacy have only been roughly sketched out, but the party’s track record — alongside demands from the sector — can provide some insight into how the planned NHS reform may affect pharmacy.…
Pharmacy under fire: managing medicines in war zones In this episode of The PJ Pod, we explore the challenges pharmacists face while working in conflict areas, such as Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan.…
Medicines shortages and slow approvals put ‘significant burden’ on pharmacists, says report A report by The Nuffield Trust has concluded that medicines shortages have been exacerbated in the UK following Brexit and that approvals are typically slower in Great Britain compared with the EU.…
MHRA seizes £5m of illegally-traded medicines in 15th year of medicines crime initiative Interpol says the haul from this year's Operation Pangea posed a “significant threat to consumer safety”.…
European regulator launches ‘solidarity mechanism’ to tackle critical medicines shortages The voluntary mechanism will allow EU member states to support each other in the event of a critical medicines shortage.…
Dominique Jordan (1960–2023) President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation, Dominique Jordan, was described as having “left his mark on Swiss pharmacy, and on the world of pharmacy, in a way that few people have done before him”.…
European regulator finds at least 20 medicines with significant nitrosamine contamination Exclusive: The European Medicines Agency has said products identified as containing nitrosamine above acceptable levels will likely require a variation in their marketing authorisation.…
