Testing applied knowledge in the registration assessment is a welcome move Changes to the pre-registration assessment will ensure trainees can apply their knowledge in practice using a wide range of resources.…
Number of smokers using NHS services to quit halves, report finds The number of smokers who quit smoking through the NHS Stop Smoking Service will halve in England in 2014–2015, according to a UCL report.…
US FDA approves drug that prolongs survival in rare paediatric cancer The US Food and Drug Administration has approved dinutuximab as part of first-line therapy for a rare childhood cancer, neuroblastoma. …
FDA grants priority approval for new antifungalIsavuconazonium sulfate, an antifungal developed by Astellas, has been given priority approval by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat serious infections.…
A pharmacist’s journey through the Ebola epidemicPharmacist Claire Liew is currently volunteering at an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone. She explains how the disease has affected everyday life.…
How the pharmaceutical industry is contributing to antimicrobial resistance Through poor practices, the pharmaceutical industry is adding to the problem of antimicrobial resistance instead of helping to solve it.…
Skin cancer drug fast tracked under early access to medicines schemeA drug for advanced skin cancer, pembrolizumab, has become the first medicine to be fast tracked to patients under the UK’s early access to medicines scheme.…
NHS England reveals sites that will take forward redesign of NHS careNHS England has announced the 29 sites that will take the lead in providing new models of care envisaged in the NHS Five Year Forward View published in October 2015.…
Rita Scanlon diesOn 19 February 2015, Rita Scanlon MRPharmS, aged 84, of 10 Scarborough Road, Shipley BD18 3DR. Miss Scanlon registered with the Society in 1954.…
Francis Jamieson diesOn 2 March 2015, Francis Jamieson MRPharmS, aged 83, of Hurstwood, The Manor House, Eyhurst Park, Tadworth KT20 6JR. Mr Jamieson registered with the Society in 1956.…