Medicines legislation

What is the Falsified Medicines Directive?

Aileen Bryson, practice and policy lead at RPS Scotland, speaks to Julia Robinson about the purpose of the Falsified Medicines Directive and how it will affect pharmacists in the UK.…

Covert administration of medicines in care homes

Pharmacists and healthcare professionals should be familiar with covert administration of medicines, a complex process requiring multidisciplinary assessment, to ensure its appropriate use in care homes.…

The future of the UK post-Brexit

Two months on from the referendum vote to exit the EU, English Pharmacy Board member Sid Dajani puts forward his ideas on the potential impact on medicine and what the RPS should be doing to minimise the fallout.…

Medical marijuana saves health system money

Introduction of medical marijuana legislation linked to decrease in prescriptions for other medicines, saving US$165.2m per year, researchers discover…

Decriminalisation of dispensing errors law delayed to autumn

The legislation needed to decriminalise dispensing errors is unlikely to be laid before Parliament until autumn 2016 at the earliest, it has emerged. …

Pharmacy leaders cautious over UK government plans for hub-and-spoke dispensing

Government proposals to relax medicines legislation to allow greater use of centralised dispensing – also known as hub and spoke dispensing – have been cautiously welcomed by pharmacy leaders, although they warned it could pose a threat to the existing pharmacy network if the change was …

Pfizer’s Lyrica GP reimbursement plan under scrutiny by industry self-regulator

Pfizer’s plan to reimburse GPs for extra work they undertake to protect the second medical use patent of the company’s drug Lyrica (pregablin) is under consideration by the UK pharmaceutical industry’s self-regulator. …

Clinical Pharmacist’s monthly news round-up: the top 10 in the past month

What has been happening in the world of pharmacy? Here’s our pick of must-read news from the past month.…

EMA takes on responsibility for screening medical literature for ADRs

The European Medicines Agency has taken over responsibility for screening the medical literature for suspected adverse drug reactions associated with certain drug substances.…

Technicians are seeking powers that would threaten patient safety, claims PDA

A row is brewing between pharmacists and technicians about the potential tasks pharmacy technicians can perform unsupervised when the pharmacist is away from the workplace.…