Back by Popular Demand – NI’s 2019 GP / Pharmacist Directory-Diary!

Bursting with up-to-date contact details from across the sector, as well as exclusive educational content, our 2019 directory-diary is the region’s only all-in-one, go-to guide. Don’t miss out on your FREE copy! For more information, or to sign up for your complimentary edition, visit http://nihealthcare.com/2019-directory-diary.

By |2018-01-24T15:46:36+00:00January 24th, 2018|Practice Pharmacy|Comments Off on Back by Popular Demand – NI’s 2019 GP / Pharmacist Directory-Diary!

Free Risk Management Training for Primary Care Pharmacists

Learning from the incidents handled by the PDA, MORPh is delivering free risk management training for PDA members working in primary care, and GP practice-based pharmacists. Primary care pharmacy is an established branch of the profession, and primary care pharmacists have considerable experience working both at a primary care organisation and GP practice based levels [...]

By |2018-01-17T16:31:48+00:00January 17th, 2018|Practice Pharmacy|Comments Off on Free Risk Management Training for Primary Care Pharmacists

Social Media Big Data to Combat Prescription Drug Crisis

Researchers at Dartmouth, Stanford University, and IBM Research, conducted a critical review of existing literature to determine whether social media big data can be used to understand communication and behavioural patterns related to prescription drug abuse. Their study found that with proper research methods and attention to privacy and ethical issues, social media big data [...]

By |2018-01-17T16:30:43+00:00January 17th, 2018|Community Pharmacy|Comments Off on Social Media Big Data to Combat Prescription Drug Crisis

First Treatment for Breast Cancer with a Certain Inherited Genetic Mutation

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the approved use of Lynparza (olaparib tablets) to include the treatment of patients with certain types of breast cancer that have spread (metastasised), and whose tumours have a specific inherited (germline) genetic mutation, making it the first drug in its class (PARP inhibitor) approved to treat [...]

By |2018-01-17T16:29:46+00:00January 17th, 2018|Industry News|Comments Off on First Treatment for Breast Cancer with a Certain Inherited Genetic Mutation