Drug firms must price cancer drugs fairly, says charity‘Inflated’ prices set by drug companies for breast cancer treatments are creating a barrier that no regulatory system can overcome, a cancer charity argues.…
Genes influence response to statins, research finds Four genes are responsible for about 5% of the variation in an individual’s response to statin treatment, research suggests.…
Mortality risk should be considered with choice of sulfonylurea drug Some sulfonylurea drugs, such as gliclazide and glimepiride, are associated with a lower mortality risk than others.…
How does lack of anonymity facilitate shared learning in error reporting? Why Joy Wingfield is concerned about the decision to abolish anonymity for community pharmacies in reporting errors before the decriminalisation of dispensing errors has become a reality.…
Sloppy science should not be toleratedTheoretical physicist Wolfgang Pauli had strong views about sloppy science, writes Andrew Haynes.…
Blood pressure devices giving inaccurate readings, study finds Blood pressure devices designed for use at home can give inaccurate readings for as many as 15% of users.…
Experimental drug holds promise for Ewing sarcoma patients Strategy for interfering with DNA repair offers potential treatment for Ewing sarcoma.…
New technique produces chirally pure molecules Researchers based in the US look at a new way to create chirally pure molecules to help discover drugs.…
Study measures impact of epilepsy drugs in utero Women with epilepsy should be warned upon diagnosis that some treatments for the condition may cause adverse effects on the neurodevelopment of unborn babies.…
Q&A: Ensuring vaccine safety is no easy task Patrick LF Zuber, group leader for global vaccine safety at the World Health Organization, talks about vaccine safety, the Ebola vaccine and new vaccines in the pipeline.…