A massive petition against the government’s plans to cut pharmacy services was presented to the Prime Minister, as MPs debated the matter in parliament. Yesterday marked the end of a Department of Health consultation on community pharmacy in 2016/17 and beyond. The government proposes cuts to the pharmacy budget of £170 million in 2016/17 and a [...]
Mylan NV has announced the US launch of Doxycycline Hyclate Delayed-Release (DR) Tablets USP, 200 mg, a generic version of Mayne’s Doryx®. Mylan received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its supplemental Abbreviated New Drug Application (sANDA) and was awarded 180 days of marketing exclusivity for this product. Doxycycline Hyclate [...]
New research by YouGov, commissioned for Dispensing Health Equality, published by Pharmacy Voice, shows that, if faced with a closure, more than one in four people (29 per cent) who would normally seek advice first from their local pharmacy on common ailments, would instead make an appointment with their GP practice. According to NHS research, this [...]
The number of people caring for someone with cancer in the UK has risen to almost 1.5 million; an increase of almost a third (31 per cent) in the past five years, according to new research from Macmillan Cancer Support. Family and friends are spending an average of 17.5 hours a week looking after a [...]
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is conducting an independent assessment of the social value of community pharmacy for PSNC and are calling on community pharmacy teams to get involved to make sure this work provides an accurate picture of the services that pharmacy teams provide up and down the country. The work being undertaken by PwC will help [...]
Using aspirin urgently could substantially reduce the risk of major strokes in patients who have minor ‘warning’ events, a group of European researchers has found. Writing in The Lancet, the team say that immediate self-treatment when patients experience stroke-like symptoms would considerably reduce the risk of major stroke over the next few days. Aspirin is already [...]
A new method to find anti-depressant treatments that work for individual patients is about to be tested at GP surgeries across Europe. Researchers at the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford University’s Department of Psychiatry, in collaboration with the Oxfordshire-based company P1vital Products Ltd, are conducting the PReDicT (Predicting Response to Depression Treatment) study. [...]
Speaking to www.pharmacy-life.co.uk, BMA Northern Ireland has issued its support for the development of in-store services within pharmacies – but warned against the potential cost repercussions for patients which might occur. ‘GPs welcome the opportunity to work with pharmacists collaboratively, which ultimately benefits the patients we jointly serve,’ said Dr Tom Black, Chair of BMA’s [...]
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is lending its support to Lord O’Neil’s latest review on the global threat of antibiotics resistance and his proposals to reduce prescriptions of antibiotics. Dr Maureen Baker, Chair of the RCGP, commented, ‘Resistance to antibiotics continues to be a global threat, yet astonishingly, there hasn't been a new [...]
Germs could play a role in the development of type 1 diabetes by triggering the body’s immune system to destroy the cells that produce insulin, new Cardiff University research suggests. Scientists have previously shown that killer T-cells, a type of white blood cell that normally protects us from germs, play a major part in type [...]
