Review identifies reporting bias in anxiety disorder trials Trials of antidepressants used to treat anxiety disorders that the US Food and Drug Administration deemed positive were more likely to be published than those deemed negative.…
Low doses of sequential antibiotics could treat infections, study finds Sequential therapy with two synergistic antibiotics over a period of 96 hours cleared bacterial infection in an in vitro treatment model of Escherichia coli.…
The UK fitness-to-practise process: from complaint to appeal If a complaint is brought against a pharmacist in the UK, what can he or she expect from the fitness-to-practise process? Ailsa Colquhoun explains.…
Parliament approves changes to regulations governing controlled drugsThe UK Parliament has approved a raft of amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 that will come into force over the next few months.…
Pharmacy educator becomes new chief pharmaceutical officer for Scotland Rose Marie Parr has been appointed as the new chief pharmaceutical officer for Scotland, succeeding Bill Scott.…
A collaborative approach will make pharmacy strongerI welcome and support the recent announcement that the Independent Pharmacy Federation (IPF) and the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) are to merge to create a single representative and support organisation under the NPA banner. This has long been an ambition and it is good news for the sector. Th…
Researchers create personalised vaccines for patients with advanced melanoma A study has revealed that targeting patient-specific markers in advanced melanoma tumours effectively triggers an immune response.…
Pauline Mary Murphy diesOn 5 April 2015, Pauline Mary Murphy, aged 60, of 10 Ives Close, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 7LU. Mrs Murphy registered with the Society in 1977 and left in 2013.…
Pharmacy and the Great Exhibition of 1851 Pharmacy’s Great Exhibition was an opportunity missed, writes Stuart Anderson.…
Why not just ask a pharmacist for advice?I have just watched the BBC programme ‘The truth about your medicine cabinet’, which was a fairly entertaining exposé (in the loosest sense of the term). I found it strange that the nation needs a 60-minute programme to tell us what people could have discovered if they …