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Lack of natural health products expertise highlighted
21 Jan 09 | 16.35 | International
Pharmacists are ill equipped to counsel patients about natural health products and dietary supplements, according to a review by researchers from the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto more >
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Transitional Working Group stakeholder meeting
21 Jan 09 | 13.02 | England Scotland Wales
The Transitional Working Group (TGW) has been appointed by the Council to oversee the plans to deliver the new professional leadership body as outlined in the Transitional Committee’s prospectus. Following this appointment, the Society has set up a programme, headed by staff leads, to develop and implement the plans, which will report to the TGW
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Co-operative Pharmacy will cover professional body fees only if new organisation delivers
19 Jan 09 | 17.08 | England Scotland Wales
The Co-operative Pharmacy has indicated that it may pay for its pharmacists to join the new professional body, providing the new organisation “ticks all the right boxes” more >
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Co-operative chief not optimistic about electronic prescription service
19 Jan 09 | 17.04 | England Scotland Wales
John Nuttall, managing director of Co-operative Pharmacy, has defended pharmacy’s lack of progress in implementing the electronic prescription service but says the profession must now move forward more >
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PJ letters (17 January 2009)
16 Jan 09 | 22.38 | England Scotland Wales
Letters published in the 17 January 2009 issue of The Pharmaceutical Journal
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Our new series will showcase science
16 Jan 09 | 14.21 | England
This week (17 January 2009) sees the start of a new series of science articles. The brief for this series is broad. The first covers some facts and myths about the use of animals in research
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Professional evolution
16 Jan 09 | 14.14 | England Scotland Wales
Is the concept of the “responsible pharmacist” now more or less accepted, or are there still many practitioners with major reservations about this evolution in the pharmacist’s role?
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Myths and facts about animals in biomedical research and development
16 Jan 09 | 12.07 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
In this first article in a new series on pharmaceutical sciences, Kathy Banner, an industrial pharmacologist at Novartis, and Brian Furman, University of Strathclyde, explore some of the myths surrounding the use of animals in biomedical research and drug development
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Responsible pharmacist regulations will take anxiety out of helping patients
16 Jan 09 | 11.10 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
The regulations regarding the responsible pharmacist come into effect at the beginning of October 2009. This may seem a long way off but preparation is the key to making this as painless as possible
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Add-on therapy launched for the treatment of stable angina pectoris
15 Jan 09 | 16.31 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Ranolazine, a new drug for angina patients, will be launched on 2 February 2009
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