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555 Society sets
out next steps for professional body Pharmacists will be consulted on the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s work on a new professional body for pharmacy, according to a briefing document for members, issued by the Society this week
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555 First pharmacists with special interests
accredited in anticoagulation Two pharmacists
in Bradford have become the first to qualify as pharmacists with special
interests (PhwSIs) in England, it was announced this week
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555 Clinical assessment service to extend function
to poorly performing NHS pharmacists The National
Clinical Assessment Service, which currently provides advice and support for
the NHS for dealing with poorly performing doctors and dentists, is to extend
its function to include pharmacists in England from April 2009
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556 Users say summary care
record is “too complex” An independent
evaluation of the patient summary care record (SCR) has reached mixed conclusions,
according to its report published this week
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556 Pharmacy staff do not respect drug misusers A
significant number of drug misuse service users feel that pharmacy staff do not
respect them, according to findings released by the Healthcare Commission and
the National Treatment Agency this week
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556 DoH sets out details for human papillomavirus
vaccinations Details of the Government’s plans to introduce human papillomavirus vaccine into the national immunisation programme in England were set out in a letter sent to healthcare professionals last week
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556 MHRA safety update Safety profiles of the anti-obesity drug rimonabant (Acomplia) and the incretin mimetic exenatide (Byetta) are the focus of May 2008’s Drug Safety Update published by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
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556 Prescribing profiles Six
pharmacist prescribing case studies have been published on the Department of
Health website to help the NHS understand how non-medical prescribing can help
to deliver services
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556 Saturday opening for NPA The National Pharmacy Association’s information service will open on Saturday mornings from this weekend
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557 Judicial review ruling
could slow NICE appraisals Drug appraisals by the
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, which govern prescribing
guidance in England and Wales, may take longer in the future following what is
being seen as a landmark Court of Appeal ruling
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557 Low-strength Kaletra tablets launched for
children infected with HIV Children prescribed lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra) to treat HIV could find it easier to take their medicines with the launch of a low-strength Kaletra film-coated tablet (100mg/25mg)
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557 Cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis on
the increase in the UK Changes in the population
and ongoing migration have increased cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis in
the UK, according to a new study
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558 Views sought on dismantling
blister packs in advance Pharmacists are being asked whether professional guidelines should be changed to allow the removal of medicines from blister or foil packs in advance of them being dispensed to patients. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is suggesting that the change be written into guidance which supports the profession’s code of ethics because the current clause is out of step with the modern practices of robotic dispensing and monitored dosage systems (MDS)
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558 Self care principles for health and social
care Seven core principles to support self care
have been published by the Government. They are intended for use by the health
and social care workforce in England to help people live independently and manage
their own conditions
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558 Healthy Start vitamins to be supplied through
community pharmacies in Scotland Community pharmacies
in Scotland are set to have a key role in supplying vitamins through the Healthy
Start scheme
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558 National Association of Women Pharmacists
champions pharmacies as gateway for carers Support for carers through a project initiated by the National Association of Women Pharmacists has been piloted in Wales. The project, launched in 12 pharmacies and 25 GP practices across Cardiff, followed a suggestion made by the Princess Royal at the NAWP centenary lunch in July 2005 that pharmacists could help the UK’s six million carers
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559 Trial hints at improved
safety for novel psoriasis drug ISA247, a novel calcineurin inhibitor, is safe and effective in the treatment of patients with moderate to severe psoriasis and may have an improved safety profile compared with ciclosporin, according to the authors of a phase III study published
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559 Corticosteroids do not improve infant survival
in bacterial meningitis Using adjuvant corticosteroids
to treat bacterial meningitis does not reduce the risk of infected children dying,
a study published this week shows
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559 Metformin safe and effective to treat diabetes
that develops in pregnancy, say researchers Metformin
is a safe and effective treatment for women with gestational diabetes mellitus,
a study published this week confirms
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560 Cilostazol as effective
as aspirin Cilostazol, an investigational antiplatelet
drug, is as effective as aspirin for the secondary prevention of ischaemic stroke
and is associated with fewer bleeding events, according to a study in China.
However, a larger study is needed to confirm the findings, say the researchers
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560 Fluoxetine could benefit patients with multiple
sclerosis Fluoxetine has a tendency to reduce the
formation of new brain lesions over time in patients with multiple sclerosis
(MS), preliminary research published online reveals
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560 Tarenflurbil mixed success in AD Tarenflurbil has shown some benefit in the mild stages of Alzheimer’s disease in a phase II study, published online
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560 HIV research Researchers
have shown that in vitro inhibition of a cellular protein, inducible T-cell kinase
(ITK), can block HIV replication at multiple steps: HIV gene transcription, viral
entry and viral particle production and release
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560 Everolimus stent shows promise Use of everolimus — an experimental macrolide immunosuppressant — in drug-eluting stents, has been tested in a 1,002-patient trial, reported recently
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560 Potential metastatic cancer strategy Combination of bortezomib with MD5-1 — a tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) receptor agonist monoclonal antibody — could be a useful strategy for treating metastatic solid tumours, the authors of a new study suggest
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