Research confirms faecal microbiota transplantation is safe and effective An age-old treatment has shown remarkable clinical cure rates for Clostridium difficile infection, achieving far better outcomes than antimicrobial therapy.…
Public call for Roche to cut price of breast cancer drug An online petition calls on the drug company Roche to lower the price of its breast cancer drug Kadcyla to make it cheap enough to be made available on the NHS.…
Pharmacists should no longer be at risk of prosecution for dispensing errors New contract between the NHS and community pharmacists in England should hasten change in the criminalisation of dispensing errors.…
Involve the public in service design Before embarking on the development of new services, pharmacists should be asking patients and the public for their input.…
European Medicines Agency reduces clinical trial secrecy The EMA has made a landmark policy move that will see it publish the clinical trial reports underpinning a medicine’s licence.…
Patients to get a voice in European Medicines Agency pilot For the first time patients will be invited to give their views on the benefits and risks of some medicines in meetings with the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use.…
UK is a leading country in self-managing medical conditions, research suggests The UK is among the most progressive when it comes to a culture of self-management of common medical conditions by reclassifying prescription medicines to non-prescription.…
Patients taking warfarin should self-monitor their coagulation status, says NICE NICE recommends two point-of-care coagulometers for use by patients – Roche Diagnostic’s CoaguChek XS system and Alere’s INRatio2 PT/INR monitor.…
UK considers adding boys to HPV vaccination programme Public health authorities are considering whether boys should receive the HPV vaccine.…
E-cigarettes unhelpful for cancer patients, study suggests Study casts doubt on the effectiveness of electronic cigarettes as an aid to quit smoking.…