Survey suggests US doctors are changing their prescribing habits for opioid drugsMany primary care physicians are less likely to prescribe opioids now than a year ago, according to a survey of US doctors.…
DNA test kit offers consumers the chance to predict response to drugs A personal DNA screening test kit that claims to identify genetic risk for diseases such as Parkinson’s disease — and which was banned in the United States — is now available in the UK.…
McKesson cements acquisition of CelesioThe US healthcare services and information technology company McKesson Corporation has cemented its acquisition of German pharmaceutical wholesale and retail company Celesio AG.…
Sequencing cancer genomes to tailor treatments to individual patients Screening for hundreds of mutations in tumours is the most promising route to customised drug treatments for cancer.…
Medicinal cannabis: time for a comeback? The stringent laws on cannabis do no favours for patients, clinicians and researchers.…
Googling the bloodstream: how disease might be detected with ingested nanoparticles Google is developing technology that combines ingested disease-detecting nanoparticles with a wrist sensor.…
We must be there for those who are victims of abuseThe legacy of abuse can stay with victims for life, writes Chris Chapman, who heard escaped Westboro Baptist Church member Nate Phelps speak last week.…
Test your knowledge of pharmacokinetics ‘Basic & applied pharmacokinetics self assessment’ by John E Murphy.…
AbbVie and Shire merger called offThe proposed £32bn merger of the US pharmaceutical company AbbVie and Dublin-based Shire has been called off, the two companies have announced.…
Medication errors common in children A child is subject to a medication error every eight minutes in the United States, according to research that analysed calls to national poison hotlines.…