Self-administered injections should be considered for reclassification, says OTC body PAGB calls for change to medication legislation so that injectable products could be reclassified to P medicines.…
Royal College of Pharmacy cuts ties with Teva UK ahead of upcoming annual conference A due-diligence review of partnership with UK arm of Israeli-based company highlighted “activities which do not align with [the College’s] values”.…
Pharmacy schools warn of staffing and placement pressures as student numbers rise Financial strain on universities limiting “ability to invest in the staffing and infrastructure required to support high-quality pharmacy education”, says Pharmacy Schools Council's inaugural annual report.…
Tip of the iceberg? The industry payments to medicines experts Industry payments to specialist clinicians are widespread and only partly visible. The Pharmaceutical Journal examines what this means for medicines appraisal decisions.…
Pharmacy regulator and royal college call on NICE to state propranolol is not recommended for anxiety The General Pharmaceutical Council, patient safety commissioner for England, Royal College of Pharmacy and College of Mental Health Pharmacy sent an open letter to NICE asking for it to update its guideline on use of 'highly toxic' medication.…
Tase Oputu on the Royal College of Pharmacy’s first six months Six months after the launch of the Royal College of Pharmacy, its first president, Tase Oputu, sets out her priorities for the College and the profession.…
Community pharmacy workforce figures fall despite overall growth in register Number of full-time equivalent pharmacists in England decreases by 14% since 2021, despite the General Pharmaceutical Council’s pharmacist register showing a growth of 2% since 2020, report shows.…
Government accepts all 44 recommendations from regulation of AI in healthcare report The government said its acceptance commits the UK to develop a “world-leading agile approach to AI device regulation” that would support innovation while maintaining patient safety.…
Nine in ten patients had ‘clinically relevant’ genetic variation in pharmacogenomics pilot The PROGRESS trial for pharmacogenomic guided prescribing in primary care enrolled more than 1,300 patients across 21 sites.…
Tase Oputu: ‘Be part of the conversation. Nobody’s opinions are invalid’ Tase Oputu, president of the Royal College of Pharmacy (RCPharm), talks about her experiences of leading the College and outlines RCPharm’s priorities over the next 12 months.…
