Regulators

Regulators issue warning over prescription-only weight-loss drug advertisements

An enforcement notice has warned that prohibitions include non paid-for content on social media, sponsored searches on search engines and influencer marketing.…

Regulator warns pharmacists to ensure patient safety when selling unregulated products

In a letter to pharmacy technicians and owners, the General Pharmaceutical Council has warned that non-medicinal and unlicensed products being supplied by pharmacies “have potentially caused serious harm”.…

‘Serious gap’ in safe access to medicines for people with sensory impairment, report finds

In a report, the patient safety commissioner for England recommends a funding review to support additional resources to improve access to medicines for those with sensory impairments.…

Online pharmacies more than twice as likely to fail regulatory standards, finds analysis

Exclusive: An analysis conducted by The Pharmaceutical Journal has found that between April 2024 and January 2025, 10% of distance-selling pharmacies failed General Pharmaceutical Council inspections compared with 5% of high street pharmacies.…

Medication maths: infusion rates

This article is part of a comprehensive series on pharmaceutical calculations in preparation for the General Pharmaceutical Council registration assessment, providing guidance on how to tackle questions related to infusion rates, including a worked example of a sample exam question.…

NHS England seeking supplier for foundation course content

The contract will run from 2025 when NHS England takes over responsibility for the foundation pharmacist training programme from the General Pharmaceutical Council.…

Genetic testing could prevent three-quarters of avoidable side effects of some medicines, study suggests

Researchers found that patients experiencing adverse drug reactions to treatments for psychiatric disorders and cardiovascular problems could benefit the most from personalised prescribing with pharmacogenomics.…

Spotlight: MPharm ethnicity awarding gap rewidens

In this Spotlight episode of The PJ Pod, we discuss The Pharmaceutical Journal’s latest analysis of MPharm awarding gap data from 2021/2022 and 2022/2023.…

RPS members vote ‘yes’ to becoming Royal College of Pharmacy

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society will become a royal college by spring 2026 after 71.1% of members who voted were in favour of the proposal.…

Medication maths: calculations involving molecular weight

This article is part of a comprehensive series on pharmaceutical calculations in preparation for the General Pharmaceutical Council registration assessment. It provides guidance on how to tackle questions that involve calculations based on molecular weight, including a worked example of a sample exa…