How I help manage the medicines supply chain as an MHRA inspector Ensuring the quality of medicines manufacturers takes inspector David Churchward across the world.…
Poor medicines management a common issue in NHS services, finds Care Quality Commission Patient safety is being compromised by poor medicines management in many NHS and adult social care services, according to a report by the Care Quality Commission.…
How lookalike medicines can cause harm to patients Involving clinicians in the design of drug packaging would help reduce the number of lookalike medicines and lower the risk of dispensing errors and patient harm.…
2015 RPS award winners announced The winners of this year’s Royal Pharmaceutical Society Awards were revealed at the annual conference in Birmingham on 13 September 2015.…
Questionable marketing tactics are a major problem with pharma Inappropriate marketing strategies used by the pharmaceutical industry to boost drug sales must stop.…
MHRA reviews liquid ranitidine packaging after audit of dispensing incidents The UK medicines safety regulator is reviewing the packaging of liquid ranitidine after an audit of dispensing incidents involving children.…
Manufacturing medicines in the aseptics unit Ensuring that medicines are manufactured to the highest quality is a major part of a pharmacy production manager’s role.…
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.…
Orthostatic hypotension drug midodrine to be launched Midodrine hydrochloride (Bramox) is due to be launched in the UK on 29 July 2015 after obtaining marketing authorisation from the medicines safety regulator, its manufacturer has announced.…
Long-acting drugs lead to better outcomes for schizophrenics Patients with a first episode of psychosis should be offered an injection of a long-acting antipsychotic rather than just oral medication.…