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Health news round-up: men’s health, AMR and nuclear fuel turned cancer drug

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

Weight-loss drugs: is social media promotion to teenagers still a problem?

Following an investigation conducted by The Pharmaceutical Journal in 2022, which revealed that weight-loss drugs were being promoted to teenagers on TikTok, we look at whether anything has changed.…

APPG calls for Pharmacy First to be national walk-in service

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy’s report on the future of community pharmacy in England warned that “without urgent reform, patients will lose access to vital services”.…

Vaccine supply overhaul needed to support expanding pharmacy programmes

The Pharmacy Vaccinations Development Group recommended that any proposed NHS supply models must take into consideration the impacts of changes to the supply chains of well-established private vaccination services.…

Management of cold and flu symptoms

Pharmacies are often a first port of call for people with symptoms of cold and flu. This article outlines treatment strategies available and how to counsel patients effectively.…

How can the NHS make the most of the paediatric pharmacogenomics opportunity?

Attendees at a roundtable hosted by The Pharmaceutical Journal discussed challenges around implementing pharmacogenomic prescribing in the NHS and particular considerations for paediatric patients.…

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Barcode errors ‘potentially fatal’, warns patient safety commissioner

Exclusive: All four UK chief pharmaceutical officers also wrote an open letter to pharmaceutical companies earlier this year urging them to continue 2D barcodes on medicine packs, despite it no longer being mandatory following Brexit.…

NICE assessment processes are too complicated, MPs warns government

A letter from the House of Commons Science Innovation and Technology Committee has warned that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s procedures make it harder for the public “to understand the process through which medicines and technologies reach the NHS”.…

AI project to tackle drug resistance launched as cases rise across Europe

One of six GSK-funded research projects will use advanced automation and novel datasets on several molecules to enhance the design of antibiotics for multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative infections.…

Ministerial taskforce needed on student recruitment, says Pharmacy Schools Council

In a joint letter to the government, the Pharmacy Schools Council and other bodies warned that shifts in healthcare proposed in the NHS ten-year plan “will only succeed if education and training evolve in parallel”.…