NICE recommends take-at-home tablet for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
Pirtobrutinib has been approved for patients with recurrent chronic lymphocytic leukaemia — who have already been given a covalent BTK...
Government is reviewing enforcement mechanisms on medicines shortages reporting
In its response to a House of Lords Public Services Committee report on medicines security, the Department of Health and...
Investigational anti-clotting drug reduced stroke risk by more than one-quarter, study finds
Researchers observed a 17% reduction in major cardiovascular events in patients who took asundexian compared with the placebo group....
Mapping the landscape: an insight into women’s health pharmacy staffing across the UK
Womens health pharmacy is a growing specialty, but there are too few pharmacists in each trust that focus on this...
Gabapentinoids found to increase risk of drug toxicity
Researchers found that patients taking gabapentinoids with benzodiazepines were at double the risk of being hospitalised with drug poisoning, while...
Study results raise concern about naloxone efficacy against some synthetic opioids
Researchers have warned that a single dose of naloxone is unlikely to serve as an adequate countermeasure to high-dose synthetic...