Prairie-grass and PCB pollutionPolychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are environmental contaminants that have contaminated large areas of agricultural land in the US. Prairie-grass helps to remove PCB pollution.…
Promoting public health in a slum region through art In Dharavi, a slum region of Mumbai, India, a recent exhibition used various types of art to raise awareness of public health issues.…
Women pharmacists’ network to highlight gender-specific issues in pharmacy New online forum will act as a platform to share advice and promote female leadership in pharmacy.…
Your vote counts in the RPS electionsNow is the time to get involved with your membership body and help set the agenda for the future of pharmacy.…
Proposals to ‘decriminalise’ dispensing errors may not prevent prosecution for inadvertent mistakes New proposals seek to end the threat of prosecution for inadvertent dispensing errors but there are concerns that pharmacists will not be fully protected when they make an honest mistake.…
Community pharmacists support new medicine service, research suggestsCommunity pharmacists generally support the new medicine service because they think it will benefit patients, according to new research.…
Dissecting forensics: review of an exhibition A new exhibition, ‘Forensics: the anatomy of crime’, at the Wellcome Collection, London, aims to examine the forensic procedure from the crime scene to the courtroom. Emma Page takes a look.…
Viral cell entry holds clue to effective treatment of Ebola Scientists have identified an important pathway used by the Ebola virus to gain entry into cells that may lead to new therapeutic approaches.…
Pharmacists in India to alert customers to maximum price they can be charged for medicines Medicines regulators in India have put forward proposals to ensure that consumers know the maximum price that they should be charged for certain medicines.…
The way pharmacists work will not changeI wish to comment on Brian Curwain’s letter on the government’s proposal to decriminalise dispensing errors ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2015;294:211). I am not convinced that the decriminalisation of dispensing errors will change the way in which pharmaci…