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Hormone adjunct useful in schizophrenia
19 Aug 08 | 16.11 | International
Estradiol appears to be a useful treatment for women with schizophrenia and may provide a new adjunctive therapeutic option for severe mental illness
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Roche may refuse to co-operate with NICE
19 Aug 08 | 15.45 | England Wales
Tension between the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and the pharmaceutical industry has further intensified following a report that Roche is threatening to pull out of future clinical evaluations for new cancer drugs
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Aberdeen fellow wins PPRT 2008 research award
19 Aug 08 | 15.43 | Scotland
Margaret Watson, senior research fellow at the University of Aberdeen and public health pharmacist for NHS Grampian, is the winner of the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust 2008 practice research award more >
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Public funding for vaccine development unlikely in the UK
19 Aug 08 | 15.34 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
The UK Government is unlikely to follow the lead of other countries, like the Netherlands and India, and create a publicly funded vaccine development and manufacturing programme
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Pharmacy 2020: How you see your future
19 Aug 08 | 11.53 | England Scotland Wales
The responses to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Pharmacy 2020 consultation have now been analysed. In this four-page pull-out supplement, the President of the Society, Hemant Patel, summarises the findings
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NICE chairman blames industry for driving up medicines prices
18 Aug 08 | 15.39 | England Wales
Blame for driving up the price of medicines judged too pricey for the NHS has been laid at the doors of the pharmaceutical industry by Sir Michael Rawlins, chairman of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
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Interim PPRS agreement announced
18 Aug 08 | 15.38 | Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Interim arrangements for the voluntary Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme have been announced by the Department of Health more >
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Welsh e-mail service to include community pharmacists
18 Aug 08 | 15.38 | Wales
Community pharmacists in Wales could in future have access to a national e-mail service following proposals to extend the current design of the service — intended for all NHS Wales staff — to accommodate mailboxes for primary care contractors more >
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Sainsbury's offers travel advice
15 Aug 08 | 16.09 | England
Sainsbury’s is piloting private travel advice clinics in 21 stores in the south east of England more >
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NHS pricing division told pharmacies are still not satisfied
15 Aug 08 | 16.04 | England
Contractors’ continuing concerns about errors related to the processing of prescription payments have been relayed to the NHS Business Services Authority Prescription Pricing Division
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