During a visit of Professor Dr Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol from Thailand to the UCL School of Pharmacy, research achievement and graduate training needs in the area of natural product science and biodiversity research were discussed. Professor Dr Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol from Thailand visited the UCL School of Pharmacy and [...]
Doctors and nurses are urging local people to add health into their list of spring clean jobs this Easter. Staff at Hywel Dda University Health Board are reminding people of the need to think early about repeat prescriptions, and opening hours of GP surgeries and community pharmacies as the Easter holidays approach. And choosing well [...]
Researchers have outlined lessons that can be learned from a drug testing trial in which a person died. The experts are urging a review of how tests for new medicines – so-called first-in-human clinical trials – are assessed, following the tragedy in France in January that also left four people seriously ill. Writing in the [...]
The second @WePharmacists ’24 hours in pharmacy’ Twitter event takes is taking place on 24th March. The social media event is a brilliant opportunity to put a spotlight on all the great work that pharmacists from all sectors do for patients every day and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) is urging the profession to get involved. For [...]
The pancreatic cancer drug Abraxane will continue to be available in Wales despite a decision by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to not recommend its use in the NHS, Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford has announced. In September 2014, the All-Wales Medicines Strategy Group (AWMSG) appraised Abraxane for the [...]
A new drug to treat Morquio Syndrome, a rare life-limiting inherited disease, will be available on the Welsh NHS, Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford has announced. The Minister has approved a recommendation from the All Wales Medicines Strategy Group (AWMSG) that Vimizim® (elosulfase alfa) should be available in Wales. Morquio Syndrome is a [...]
To meet the challenge of the rise in antibiotic resistant bacteria (superbugs), national charity Antibiotic Research UK (ANTRUK) is commissioning the first ever research programme to screen antibiotic resistance breakers against antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria. ANTRUK is asking scientific organisations and universities to submit tenders for this testing to see if therapies already in [...]
Injections IPS Specials have announced a new exclusive distribution partnership for Invicorp Injections (licensed and launched in the UK in 2015). Invicorp (Aviptadil 2mcg / Phentolamine 25mg) intracavernosal injection, is a combination treatment for erectile dysfunction. Indicated for the symptomatic treatment of erectile dysfunction in adult males due to neurogenic, vasculogenic, psychogenic, or mixed aetiology.
NES Pharmacy has invited around 250 pharmacists, who have been funded by NES to attend the IP course since 2014, to participate in this second pilot of the PSA. The pilot will take place at RGU and Strathclyde pharmacy schools towards the end of May and June. NES will pay expenses. Click the link for [...]
World-leading medicinal chemistry and biology at the Universities of Dundee and Cape Town have been allied to the industrial expertise of the Pharmaceuticals Division of Bayer (Germany), one of the world’s leading pharma companies, in an effort to develop critically needed new treatments for tuberculosis (TB). The collaboration combines some of the world’s best knowledge [...]
