Best practice standards for the management of medicines shortages in secondary care in Scotland have been jointly developed by NHS Scotland and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) in Scotland. [...]
The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education has made available a new e-learning programme focussing on effective workplace training, developed and provided by the Northern Ireland Centre for [...]
Bernard Naughton and Dr David Brindley from Oxford University’s Saïd Business School and Medical Sciences Division have discussed the problems of identifying fake, substandard, and expired [...]
Modafinil, a drug used to treat narcolepsy – excessive daytime sleepiness – can improve memory in patients recovering from depression, according to new research from the University of Cambridge. [...]
MedAware, an algorithm-rich software start-up dedicated to eradicating prescription errors, recently reported the findings of a landmark study carried out by Harvard Medical School. The study [...]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Trulance (plecanatide) for the treatment of Chronic Idiopathic Constipation (CIC) in adult patients. ‘No one medication works for all [...]
Revolutionary barcode technology that is currently being trialled by the NHS in England is already making significant improvements within the care home industry. Launched in 2015, Well Careplus’ [...]
Plans for NICE to recover the costs of its appraisals of drugs, medical devices, and diagnostics, through charges to the companies which make them, have been put on hold until the government [...]
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) recently installed a smart pharmacy, with the first robot in the Middle East for dispensing and prescribing medication in Rashid Hospital. The robot can store up [...]
Numark has created a new toolkit, among other support mechanisms, to help its member pharmacies determine the right plan ahead for their business, following the recent cuts to funding. Available [...]
