Pharmacist and dentist-led smoking cessation clinic led to 20% quit rate
The smoking cessation programme offered continuous behavioural counselling, pharmacological therapy and dental care incentives for participants who expressed a willingness...
NICE recommends first drug to delay symptoms of type 1 diabetes for NHS use
In what has been described as ldquo;an extraordinary momentrdquo;, teplizumab has been recommended as an immunotherapy for adults and children...
Government pledges to provide legal guidance on 24/7 palliative care
The government said it was committed to publishing a modern services framework on palliative care provision to improve access, quality...
Royal College of Pharmacy should help enable collaborations across professions, says chief pharmaceutical officer
David Webb told delegates at the Community Pharmacy and General Practice Conference that although local relationships between GPs and pharmacies...
Court of Appeal to reconsider £69m fines over ‘excessive pricing of epilepsy drug
Previously, the Competition and Markets Authority found that drug companies Pfizer and Flynn Pharma used their dominant market positions to...
Minimum age set for puberty blockers trial
To participate in the lsquo;PATHWAYSrsquo; clinical trial, a modified protocol has ruled that birth-registered females must be aged between 11...