The pharmacist who helped Lincoln’s assassinPharmacist David Edgar Herold helped John Wilkes Booth to escape after he had assassinated Abraham Lincoln on 14 April 1865.…
US consumers prefer generic over branded drugsOver 80% of US consumers say they would purchase generic drugs more often than brand name drugs and 42% said they would “always” choose a generic.…
FDA approves cholic acid for rare bile acid synthesis disordersCholic acid, a drug used to treat bile acid synthesis disorders and peroxisomal disorders, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.…
Prescribing statins: time to rein it in Statins have been overprescribed for decades for many different reasons. Now is the time to reverse the trend.…
FDA takes legal action against compounding pharmacyThe US Food and Drug Administration has taken legal action to prevent a compounding pharmacy from manufacturing or holding sterile drugs.…
Don’t be scared to use social media professionally Following social media use guidelines will ensure pharmacists do not fall foul of professional standards.…
Few trial sponsors meet data reporting deadlines Drug companies and others have an ethical and, increasingly, legal obligation to promptly report results of clinical trials to registers but few meet the reporting deadlines.…
Paediatric antipsychotic prescribing guidelines are not adhered to, study suggests Best practice guidelines for treating children and adolescents with antipsychotics are only followed around half of the time, according to research published in Pediatrics.…
FDA grants priority approval for new antifungalIsavuconazonium sulfate, an antifungal developed by Astellas, has been given priority approval by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat serious infections.…
Global alliance of pharmacy schools launched to boost joint researchA global alliance of pharmacy schools based in the UK, Australia and the United States has been launched to boost joint international research.…