Health news round-up: new biosimilars, vaccine effectiveness and supporting patients ageing with HIV A weekly summary of important developments in health news that you may have missed.…
Health news round-up: rising flu cases, cheap cancer drugs and some good news for pharmacists Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson summarises some important developments in health news you may have missed.…
Hepatitis B: prevention, diagnosis and management An overview of hepatitis B, including the ways in which pharmacists can contribute to ongoing monitoring of patients.…
Emergency contraception: best practice for pharmacy An overview of the types of emergency contraception and advice to support patient-centred consultations.…
‘World-first’ gonorrhoea vaccine programme begins in England The gonorrhoea vaccine will be made available in sexual health clinics alongside existing jabs for mpox, hepatitis A and B and HPV.…
UK issues first guideline on post-exposure prophylaxis for syphilis The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV has highlighted research that shows how doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis reduces syphilis cases by 80%.…
Antibiotic could help tackle drug-resistant gonorrhoea, study results suggest Researchers found that gepotidacin was as effective as the current recommended first-line therapy for gonorrhoea.…
Community pharmacies in England could offer ‘catch-up’ HPV vaccinations Updated NHS plans to eliminate cervical cancer have suggested community pharmacy as a location for catch-up vaccinations to improve access to the HPV vaccine.…
The role of pharmacy in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis Pharmacists can play an important role in identifying and engaging with at risk individuals to promote PrEP awareness and uptake.…
NICE rejects cabotegravir for PrEP in draft guidance Draft guidance said the HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) treatment cabotegravir is not recommended because “it is not possible to determine the cost-effectiveness estimate ... without further analyses from the manufacturer”.…
