Pharmaceutical industry should turn back to nature The pharmaceutical industry’s move away from natural sources in drug discovery is short-sighted.…
Drug discovery returns to the wild Researchers now have the tools to unlock the potential of previously uncultivated microbes, prompting a return to drug discovery from natural products.…
Facilitate recreational drug testing to help save lives Giving drug users better information about what is in their drugs before they take them could save lives.…
Putting cosmeceuticals in context ‘Handbook of cosmeceutical excipients and their safeties’, by Kwan Yu Heng, Tung Yee Kei, Kochhar Jaspreet Singh, Li Hairui, Poh Ai-Ling and Kang Lifeng.…
Pharmacists handed guide to changes in drug driving rules Guide from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society covers advice for patients and details drugs affected by new legislation.…
US healthcare groups recommend ways of tackling ongoing drug shortages Recommendations for addressing ongoing shortages of essential medicines have been made by a group of US healthcare organisations.…
Breast cancer drug palbociclib gets expedited approval in United States The US Food and Drug Administration has approved palbociclib (Ibrance; Pfizer) for advanced (metastatic) breast cancer under its accelerated approval programme.…
Why a ‘conscience clause’ is essential in assisted suicide legislation Pharmacists must be allowed to opt out of dispensing lethal prescriptions if assisted suicide is legalised, and this right should be protected in law, says Aileen Bryson, policy and practice lead at Royal Pharmaceutical Society Scotland.…
Providing medicines information for community, hospital and the pharmaceutical industry Medicines information pharmacists provide a specialist service across community and hospital pharmacy, as well as within the pharmaceutical industry. What does the role involve and what skills do you need to do it?…
Drug withdrawal delays are causing avoidable deaths, investigation finds The average time it has taken for a drug to be withdrawn following deaths attributable to it has remained constant at four years since the middle of the last century.…