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.…
Enzyme discovery completes morphine biosynthesis pathway The enzyme that is responsible for converting (S)-reticuline into (R)-reticuline — the final stage in the morphine biosynthesis pathway – has been discovered.…
Learn how to administer drugs via enteral feeding tubes safely ‘Handbook of drug administration via enteral feeding tubes: third edition’, by Rebecca White and Vicky Bradnam.…
Smart insulin patch delivers ‘fast, painless, continuous dose’ A ‘smart insulin patch’ that detects increases in blood sugar and responds by releasing necessary doses of the hormone could mean an end to painful injections, say US researchers. …
