Therapeutic intervention

MS drug found to benefit patients with more advanced disease

Researchers reported that ocrelizumab significantly reduced the risk of disability worsening in wheelchair-dependent patients.…

Advanced therapy medicinal products: a tsunami in clinical medicine 

Advanced therapy medicinal products offer life-changing benefits for patients with little to no alternative treatments, but realising their full potential requires action across the entire healthcare system.…

Virtual clinics could help improve access to adverse drug reaction services for children

Three-quarters of adverse drug reactions assessed by a virtual clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic were related to antibiotics, study authors reported.…

Health news round-up: anaphylaxis, pain management in women’s health and Tourette’s treatment

The Pharmaceutical Journal’s weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…

Electronic medical records can identify prescribing patterns for antibiotic allergies, study results show

Following analysis of 342 children's electronic medical records, researchers identified 67 children with a possible or probable antibiotic allergy.…

Pharmacies can reform ‘outdated’ childhood vaccination programmes

The National Pharmacy Association has urged the NHS to commission pharmacies to offer childhood vaccinations to school-aged children in hopes of increasing vaccination rates among teenagers.…

Health news round-up: immunotherapy for depression, PCOS to PMOS, and clopidogrel for East Asian patients

The Pharmaceutical Journal’s weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…

Lifeline: an antimicrobial resistance musical

This episode of The PJ Pod highlights Lifeline, a musical that dramatises the history of antibiotics and the realities of drug-resistant infections in NHS trusts.…

CCA calls for migraine to be added to Pharmacy First

A Company Chemists' Association and Pfizer UK report says that 1.25 million patients could be treated annually if the extra clinical pathway was added.…

MHRA is ‘exploring legislative actions’ to restrict paracetamol sales, says health minister

Health minister Preet Kaur Gill said that the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency took the disproportionate sale of paracetamol seriously.…