This educational programme, sponsored and organised by A. Menarini Farmaceutica Internazionale SRL, has been designed by an independent panel of expert cardiologists with the aim of gaining insight on recent advances in the management of stable angina pectoris. Learning objectives: The diagnosis and management of different forms of presentation of [...]
The Scottish Government has announced that there will be a 4% pay rise for NHS Scotland Agenda for Change staff. The PDA Union has described this offer as a significant improvement on the UK Government’s 1%, but recognises that this is still significantly short of expectations. As always it is important to look closely at the detail [...]
Collectively, the NHS must embrace the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw mass adoption of digital tools and solutions to provide continuity of care in extraordinary circumstances. Despite the mass roll-out of the vaccine, we will have to continue to maximise these tools to manage the immediate winter concerns and the backlog of [...]
Tuesday 16th March at 7.30pm Register now Discover how to offer better skincare support to your patients Join our skincare expert for a new & free training session on the management of dry and eczema prone skin, led by Aveeno. First touching on the skin's functions and structure, we will look at the importance [...]
Thursday 18th February 2021 ‐ Today, MED e‐care and Cegedim announce a new partnership to integrate Cegedim’s Pharmacy Manager with MED e‐care’s electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR). This partnership is part of Cegedim’s continuous improvement initiative, ensuring their pharmacy customers can work smarter, whilst providing an enhanced service to the care homes they support. [...]
PORTO, Portugal, 18 February – BIAL announces the end of the licence agreement established in 2009. BIAL takes the lead for the marketing and distribution of Zebinix® (eslicarbazepine acetate) in Europe. Eslicarbazepine acetate is a once-daily anti-epileptic used to treat epilepsy patients with focal seizures (partial-onset seizures) For over a decade, BIAL [...]
Sertraline, which is indicated for the treatment of Panic Disorder, PTSD, and Social Anxiety Disorder in adults and OCD in adults and children is now available in the new strength of 25mg tablets. Luke Hart, General Manager comments, “we know that the 25mg dose is the starting dose for a number of indications, so [...]
Positive indication means upadacitinib will be available to those with previously treated severe active RA[i]* SMC approval is based on data from pivotal Phase 3 SELECT clinical trial programme, in which upadacitinib demonstrated improved rates of clinical remission** compared to treatment with placebo; methotrexate (MTX) monotherapy; and adalimumab (TNF antagonist) plus MTX in patients with [...]
The Pharmacists Defence Association (PDA) launches "A Thousand Little Ships", a proposal to maximise the NHS vaccination capacity when demand dramatically increases once the second doses begin. Over 10 million people have received their first Covid-19 vaccination as part of the national programme, this has been achieved through a herculean effort by the NHS, and a repurposing [...]
Want to buy and sell stock from other independent pharmacy contractors? e-CASS market is the new trading platform from Cambrian Alliance, enabling pharmacies to buy and sell stock from each other with ease. Cambrian Alliance are running another e-CASS market webinar on Tuesday 2nd February at 19:30 hosted by Nathan Wiltshire and Leon Vincent. During [...]
