Archive 27/04/2012 - 04/05/2012

News and Views

Action needed to boost new drug uptake, says ABPI - (30/04/2012)

An opportunity missed - (04/05/2012)

Anticounterfeiting technology must balance safety against bureaucracy - (03/05/2012)

Aspirin use may cut bowel cancer deaths by a third, study suggests - (30/04/2012)

Avastin-Lucentis head-to-head trial shows wet AMD outcomes comparable - (01/05/2012)

AWMSG endorses Humira and Nexium IV for use in children - (04/05/2012)

Boots staff win dispute over premium payment cuts - (01/05/2012)

BPSA life membership - (03/05/2012)

Breast beating: a personal odyssey in the quest for an understanding of breast cancer, the meaning of life and oth (Book review) - (01/05/2012)

Cancer drugs fund guidance updated by DH - (02/05/2012)

Community pharmacist lung symptom referral to consultants shows promise - (02/05/2012)

Counterfeits strategy from MHRA stresses high online risks - (03/05/2012)

Death from clozapine-induced constipation prompts warning - (02/05/2012)

Dedicated ABPI team to promote industry-NHS joint working - (30/04/2012)

Depression able to be treated in patients with Parkinson’s disease - (02/05/2012)

Diagnostic imaging for pharmacists (Book review) - (01/05/2012)

DoH considering one-off pharmacy survey on drug shortages - (30/04/2012)

Easy GPhC registration for former non-practising pharmacists ends September - (04/05/2012)

Ensuring a supply of specialist drugs — a universal challenge for commissioners - (02/05/2012)

Finally I can prescribe CDs independently - (30/04/2012)

Find out what candidates think - (04/05/2012)

Fruition - (03/05/2012)

Generalised anxiety disorder: is NICE guidance the best advice? - (04/05/2012)

Get involved with LPNs - (02/05/2012)

GP prescribing errors revelation prompts calls for pharmacy input - (02/05/2012)

Guidance issued on processing EPS release 2 reimbursements - (01/05/2012)

Heart failure but normal rhythms — avoid warfarin - (03/05/2012)

Herbals labelled as supplements putting patients at risk - (04/05/2012)

Hospital pharmacy standards — supportive, enabling, challenging - (03/05/2012)

Innovative project paves way for direct community-hospital referrals - (04/05/2012)

Journal Oversight Board (May 2012) - (02/05/2012)

Large-scale trial informs diabetes care for children and teens - (04/05/2012)

Levothyroxine reduces cardiovascular events in younger patients with subclinical hypothyroidism - (03/05/2012)

Market entry update due soon — but Numark wants action now on 100-hour openings - (30/04/2012)

New partnership boosts capacity for compliance aid dispensing - (03/05/2012)

Novartis action over off-label Avastin backed by ABPI - (03/05/2012)

NSAIDs: time for a new warning label? - (02/05/2012)

Orridge Business Sales - (03/05/2012)

Pandemic response guidance issued - (01/05/2012)

Patient access to records tracked - (04/05/2012)

Personalised medicine heralds a new era for clinical trials for cancer drugs - (02/05/2012)

Plans to relax off-label prescribing guidance shelved by GMC - (02/05/2012)

Primary care staff to retain terms and conditions if they transfer to CCGs - (03/05/2012)

Public fails to recognise lung cancer - (04/05/2012)

Radiotherapy plus chemotherapy better than radiotherapy alone for bladder cancer patients - (02/05/2012)

Regulation of herbal medicine practitioners delayed - (04/05/2012)

Research and development in oral controlled release drug formulations - (01/05/2012)

RPS buildings for sale - (04/05/2012)

Scotland agrees financial package - (03/05/2012)

Team work is the name of the game at the intercollegiate debate championships - (30/04/2012)

Text message reminders can boost short-term adherence - (30/04/2012)

The far side of the pharmacy: a collection of pharmaceutical humour and anecdote from both sides of the counter (Book review) - (01/05/2012)

Unions fight plans to vary NHS pay by region - (01/05/2012)

What does a good hospital pharmacy service look like? - (03/05/2012)

Where do herbal medicines belong? Part 1 — an overview of CAM - (01/05/2012)

CPD Article

Multiple myeloma: clinical features and classification - (04/05/2012)

Multiple myeloma: management - (04/05/2012)

Learning & Development

How a teacher-practitioner in technical services helps link science and practice - (02/05/2012)

Whether your eye is on a PhD or on a DPharm, is doctoral study for you? - (03/05/2012)

Practice advice

How do different enteral feeding tubes affect drug administration? - (04/05/2012)

How to extract the salient points from a published clinical study - (03/05/2012)

Blog post

A trip to my local practice forum - (02/05/2012)

Are old plant foods more nutritious? - (02/05/2012)

Caffeine in your drink: natural or synthetic? - (02/05/2012)

Drug adherence gender gap - (02/05/2012)

Freshman Year In Review - (01/05/2012)

Pharmacists storm the media - (02/05/2012)

Race for Life - (02/05/2012)

The American Finals Week - (01/05/2012)

The Love Hormone - (03/05/2012)

When guidance is only a guide (Valerie Sillito) - (03/05/2012)

Why do women crave chocolate? - (30/04/2012)