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Given the rise and relevance of polypharmacy in today’s society, a range of informative material is picking up momentum online. Check out one of our favourites – a giggle-inducing parody of [...]

Health Minister Alistair Burt has suggested that thousands of high street pharmacies across England are at risk of closure as a result of funding cuts. High street pharmacies face a £170 million [...]

Manchester School of Pharmacy offered third year students a unique opportunity to visit Astra Zeneca’s (AZ) Pharmaceutical Development labs at Macclesfield site, and, for the first time, obtain [...]

British Medical Journal Open has published an evaluation of an NHS-funded community pharmacy emergency repeat medication supply service (PERMSS). The study examined the cases of 2,485 [...]

The MHRA has issued two drug safety alerts directed at nicorandil (Ikorel) and its potential effect on ulcer development, and the need to prescribe levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine systems [...]

Cardiff University researchers say that an online tool to help pharmacists manage medicines in care homes could improve care and save millions of pounds. A new online tool designed to improve [...]

Professor Brendan Gilmore, of the School of Pharmacy at Queen’s University, joined a panel of international experts from academia and industry to undertake a Wellcome Trust commissioned review on [...]

Scientists who enlisted the help of bees to hunt for plant-derived antibacterial drugs have discovered a ‘Welsh Manuka honey’. Cardiff University experts analysed the honey created by bees from [...]

The professional body for the pharmacy profession has launched its manifesto ahead of the Scottish parliament elections in May. Entitled, Right Medicine – Better Health – Fitter Future, the [...]

The results of a project focused on early detection of people with undiagnosed coeliac disease have been published by Coeliac UK, the National Association of Primary Care and its primary care [...]