Archive for the ‘Pharmacy / Pharmacist’ Category
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
For patients with clogged heart arteries who take long-term, low-dose aspirin to prevent a cardiac event, adding a stomach acid-blocking drug to their daily routine has been shown to reduce their risk for upper gastrointestinal bleeding an infrequent, but serious side-effect of regular aspirin use.But do the benefits of these ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
To help prescribers and pharmacists counsel patients concerned about the sleep-related adverse effects associated with zolpidem (Stilnox), the National Prescribing Service Limited (NPS) has released a position statement on the drug and sleep-related behaviours. NPS Deputy CEO, Karen Kaye said the position statement explains the background to the TGA's ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Next generation anticoagulant and antiplatelet agents have shown superiority over the current market leaders in clinical studies and are to challenge them before generics. The Business Intelligence firm La Merie S.L. reported in its most recent update of the Antithrombotics Competitor Pipeline that sales of the two leading antithrombotics enoxaparin ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Opinions on paediatric investigation plans adoptedThe Paediatric Committee (PDCO) adopted positive opinions on paediatric investigation plans (PIPs)for the following medicines: -- Dabigatran etexilate, from Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, in the therapeutic areaof haematology and haemostaseology; -- Thrombin alfa (recombinant), from Bayer HealthCare AG, in the therapeutic area ofhaematology and haemostaseology; ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers who filled prescriptions at The Medicine Shoppe pharmacies located at 8035A Liberty Road and 5900 Reisterstown Road in Baltimore that they may have received drugs that were either expired or suspected counterfeit. The FDA is particularly concerned because a number of ...
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Sunday, August 10th, 2008
Walgreens (NYSE: WAG)(NASDAQ: WAG) had July sales of $4,891,700,000, an increase of 10.7 percent from $4,417,489,000 for the same month in 2007. Sales in comparable stores (those open at least a year) rose 4.1 percent, while comparable store front-end sales increased 4.2 percent. July front-end sales were helped in part ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
The Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney TD, announced the publication of the Report of the Independent Body on Pharmacy Contract Pricing. The Minister intends to bring the report to Government at the earliest possible opportunity in the autumn. On 18 February 2008 the Minister for Health and Children ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
The NPA is to hold workshops on different aspects of 'thriving in the service era', at the British Pharmaceutical Conference in Manchester. The workshops will run from 12:00pm to 2:00pm on Sunday 7 September and are open to all NPA members. Workshops, within the context of the Pharmacy in England ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
The contributions of two Pharmaceutical Society of Australia stalwarts - John Ware OAM and Professor Shalom (Charlie) Benrimoj - have been recognised with the recent awarding of Fellowships.In awarding a Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Fellowship to Mr Ware, President Steve Churton cited his contribution to the profession in ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) applauds the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Homeland Security (DHS) for their decision to include pharmacists in revisions to the Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Prioritization plan. This inclusion confirms pharmacists' serious commitment to preventing disease through immunization. Pharmacists, considered one of the ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The NPA is to hold workshops on different aspects of 'thriving in the service era', at the British Pharmaceutical Conference in Manchester. The workshops will run from 12:00pm to 2:00pm on Sunday 7 September and are open to all NPA members. Workshops, within the context of the Pharmacy in England ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Hitendra Patel (41), a suspended pharmacist, of 2 St Mary's Copse, St Mary's Road, Worcester Park, Surrey KT4 7LA was fined ￡3,000 and given a confiscation order of over ￡200,000 at Kingston Crown Court on 25 July 2008 for illegally selling and supplying the erectile dysfunction medicine Viagra. The sentence ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain's Council agreed to various minor changes to the new non-referral threshold criteria which have been in operation since 3 June 2008. Council agreed in its June meeting to a set of proposals allowing less serious complaints against pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to be ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain is participating in an international survey, organised by the Professional Associations Research Network, which aims to discover how members of professional bodies feel about the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) that they undertake. The survey aims to discover attitudes towards CPD and the amount ...
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
The NPA has produced a new standard operating procedure (SOP) for the supply of opioid medicines. The document provides details of the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) rapid response report: Reducing Dosing Errors with Opioid Medicines. Further information resources about opioid medicines and a standard template SOP which members can ...
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