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PJ letters (11 October 2008)
10 Oct 08 | 23.32 | England EU International Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Letters published in the 11 October 2008 issue of The Pharmaceutical Journal
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New advice source for mental patients and their carers
10 Oct 08 | 16.36 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
An independent website offering medicines advice for mental health patients has been launched at the House of Commons
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Advice website for mental health patients launched
10 Oct 08 | 10.57 | England Scotland Wales
An independent website offering medicines advice for mental health patients was launched at the House of Commons on 10 October 2008, World Mental Health Day
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Pfizer overhauls Lipitor packaging design to meet safety guidance
10 Oct 08 | 10.05 | England Scotland Wales
Pfizer has embarked on a long-term project to overhaul its UK packaging, beginning with its most used product, Lipitor
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Policy change over prescription charge relief
9 Oct 08 | 16.48 | England
Scrapping prescription charges for cancer patients and others with long-term conditions no longer has to be cost-neutral to the NHS, health minister Dawn Primarolo announced this week (8 October 2008) more >
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New drug for HAE launched
9 Oct 08 | 15.49 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Icatibant, a new drug for the symptomatic treatment of acute attacks of hereditary angioedema (HAE) in adults, is now available from Shire
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Etravirine launched for treatment experienced HIV-infected patients
9 Oct 08 | 15.25 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Antiretroviral-experienced adults with HIV-1 can now add a new antiretroviral to their therapy regimen
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Protection or penalty?
9 Oct 08 | 10.50 | England Wales
Plans by the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence to bring all regulators into some sort of line so that health practitioners from different professions who fall short in practice can expect to be treated equally and fairly must be a good thing — particularly for individuals involved in the same case and for patients who make a complaint and assume there will be transparency and consistency in the disciplinary processes
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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: are a few drinks safe for pregnant women?
9 Oct 08 | 10.37 | International
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) were unknown to a pharmacist of 14 years, until a member of his family was affected by it
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Minister supports limited use of top-up payments
8 Oct 08 | 17.08 | England Scotland
Top-up payments for drugs not available on the NHS should be allowed exceptionally, not as a rule, according to Nicola Sturgeon, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing and Deputy First Minister in Scotland
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