Barriers to reclassifying drugs identified by researchers Researchers have investigated the factors that influence the likelihood of reclassification of medicines from prescription-only to being available over-the-counter.…
Rapid uptake of new oral anticoagulants in the United States More patients with atrial fibrillation are being protected against blood clots after the introduction of new direct oral anticoagulant drugs.…
Test your knowledge of medicinal chemistry ‘Medicinal chemistry self assessment’, by Robin M Zavod, Marc W Harrold.…
First PCSK9 inhibitors approved in Europe and United States The US Food and Drug Administration has approved alirocumab (Praluent), days after evolocumab (Repatha) became the first PCSK9 inhibitor to be approved in the world.…
Clinical Pharmacist’s monthly news round-up: the top 10 in the past month What has been happening in the world of pharmacy? Here’s our pick of must-read news from the past month.…
Nurse practitioners in pharmacies: a potential solution to the NHS crisis A pharmacy walk-in service run by nurse practitioners in the United States could be adopted in the UK to ease the burden on the overstretched NHS.…
Tracking down the optimum dose of exercise Prescribing physical activity could soon become as routine as prescribing drugs, and at least as beneficial.…
More is not always better: time to stop overtreating patients Unnecessary tests, treatments and medication could be doing more harm than good for patients.…
The key to a bad hangoverStudies have shown that two key factors that explain why certain individuals are more prone to hangovers are genetics and gut microbiota.…
Investigating dietary supplements and the industry ‘Vitamania: our obsessive quest for nutritional perfection’ by Catherine Price.…