The NPA (National Pharmacy Association) has expressed concern over the level of detail which PCTs need to submit for their Quality Accounts and how this could impact on community pharmacy…
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Concerns raised by the Australian Medical Association over the lack of funding and resources to adequately train medical students have been echoed by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia…
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The UK has dropped to bottom of the official league table comparing the price of medicines across Europe, a Government report has revealed. For the first time, the UK lags behind Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden…
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A bipartisan plan to allow Americans to buy cheaper prescription drugs from suppliers in other countries, such as Canada, failed Tuesday in the Senate. The Wall Street Journal reports the two top supporters of the plan, Sens. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., and John McCain, R-Ariz…
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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today issued a precautionary drug alert on the recall of Dentinox Teething Gel 15mg. DDD Limited, the medicine’s licence holder, is carrying out the precautionary recall due to the presence of very small amounts of a contaminant, glyoxal, in the product…
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A high-level meeting of health organisations in Canberra has scoped the development of a robust, patient-centred e-prescribing system through a collaborative partnership between doctors and pharmacists…
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Tomorrow will mark 100 days since the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPSGB) announced its vision for the profession’s new leadership body (PLB) by launching a series of commitments to its members…
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The Senate is battling over a proposed amendment that would allow prescription drugs to be imported from other countries where prices are lower…
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The English National Board (ENB) of Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) is spearheading a campaign which will call for medicines to be dispensed to patients in their original packs. Original Pack Dispensing could help improve patient adherence and reduce medicines wastage…
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The Los Angeles Times examines a practice called data mining in which drug companies track how doctors prescribe medications by obtaining data from pharmacies and health insurers. “That information has become not just a powerful sales and marketing tool for the pharmaceutical industry but also a source of growing concern among some elected officials, healthcare advocates and legal authorities…
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