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British Pharmaceutical Conference 2008 — adding years to life and life to years
21 Jun 08 | 11.19 | England Scotland Wales
As the NHS reaches its 60th year, the British Pharmaceutical Conference, which takes place in Manchester, will examine how pharmacy and the pharmaceutical sciences are helping add years to life and life to years of the UK population more >
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Progress made on PPRS deal
19 Jun 08 | 11.35 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Agreement on parts of the new Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme has been reached by the Government and the pharmaceutical industry more >
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GSK gets HPV contract
19 Jun 08 | 11.06 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
GlaxoSmithKline has been awarded the contract to provide a vaccine against human papillomavirus more >
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MHRA publishes its plans to tighten rules on reporting safety data from clinical trials
14 Jun 08 | 16.34 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Proposals to amend UK legislation to state explicitly that marketing authorisation holders should report safety information from clinical trials outside the licensed indication and information arising from third countries, and to provide a timescale for reporting such information, have been put forward by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency more >
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Advertising breach
14 Jun 08 | 15.47 | England
A pharmacy group in the Midlands has been judged to be in breach of advertising regulations following a complaint that its website was advertising an unlicensed homoeopathic injection as an anticancer treatment more >
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Incontinence product first for Boots Centre for Innovation
14 Jun 08 | 15.45 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
A device designed to control urinary stress incontinence has been launched by the Boots Centre for Innovation more >
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Swiss move for Alliance Boots
14 Jun 08 | 15.27 | International
Alliance Boots has moved the headquarters of the group holding company from Gibraltar to Switzerland more >
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‘Medicines, ethics and practice guide’ amendments (June 2008)
14 Jun 08 | 12.16 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
In the first issue of each month, The Journal updates the guidance on the legal status of medicines published in the 31st edition (July 2007) of ‘Medicines, ethics and practice: a guide for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians’. The amendments are given in bold type when added to the list and repeated each month in light type. A product’s legal status can be obtained by consulting first the latest amendment list and then the guide. more >
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Pfizer Award for 2008
14 Jun 08 | 11.54 | Scotland
This year’s Pfizer Award, recognising achievement among preregistration trainee pharmacists in Scotland, was won by David Chartres, preregistration trainee at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee more >
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Why including lay members makes professional bodies more influential
14 Jun 08 | 10.03 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Pharmacy is on the brink of momentous change. The creation of a new body which is unequivocally representative of the profession’s interests, unencumbered by regulatory matters, will give new opportunities to influence the Government, the regulatory body, the public and other professions more >
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