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What impact did social media have on Walgreen’s decision to keep US headquarters?

Companies in the United States that contemplate shipping their headquarters to countries with lower tax rates also need to consider another type of departure, specifically the fleeing of their no longer loyal customers.…

Volunteering in India: my pharmacy experience in Kolkata

Giving up your job to spend six months volunteering in Kolkata may seem like an unusual career move. Amritpal Atwal explains how it made her a better pharmacist.…

Pharmacy-led asthma service helps patients

Service provided by pharmacists in Australia help patients manage conditions.…

Promoting drug-free sport as a doping control officer

Pharmacist Carole Hunter, a doping control officer at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July 2014, explains her part in trying to rid sport of performance-enhancing drugs.…

Encouraging medicines optimisation

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has launched a set of briefings describing how you can encourage patients with specific conditions to get the most out of their medicines. Here, you can find articles describing the briefings and everything else The Pharmaceutical Journal has to offer about Medicines…

Appraisal at a senior level

Jonathan Burton tells Jeff Mills how he is sharing his experience of RPS Faculty assessment with his pharmacy employees…

“Hidden factors” behind antibiotics and asthma link

Analysis of a long-term study suggests that the association between antibiotic use in infancy and an increased risk of developing asthma — or exacerbating an existing condition — may not be a simple causal link.…

Clinical research: see it, do it, lead it

Pavitar Gandham and colleagues at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust explain what it is like to be some of the first pharmacists to become NIHR trainee research fellows…

Contributing to changes in pharmacy education

Jeff Mills finds out about the career of Maria Christou, head of the NHS Pharmacy Education and Development Unit…

Things to consider when applying for clinical academic training funding

Are you thinking about applying for NIHR/HEE clinical academic training funding? In this article, Beth Allen and Peter Noyce suggests things to consider when putting pen to paper…