Issue : PJ June 2020 online
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Everything you need to know about the COVID-19 therapy trials
Researchers around the world are working at record speed to find the best ways to treat and prevent COVID-19, from investigating the possibility of repurposing existing drugs to searching for novel therapies against the virus.
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Nearly a quarter of PCNs did not claim NHS funding to hire extra pharmacists Subscription
Almost a quarter of primary care networks (PCNs) had either not hired or not claimed NHS funding for hiring a pharmacist — which was made available as part of a new GP contract — by the end of March 2020, responses to Freedom of Information requests by The Pharmaceutical Journal have revealed.
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Remote consultations: how pharmacy teams can practise them successfully Subscription
As remote consultations become more common, pharmacists must consider best practice and how they can get the most out of these interactions.
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Lopinavir/ritonavir 'not effective' for patients hospitalised with COVID-19, third set of RECOVERY trial results show
An antiviral treatment commonly used to treat HIV has been found to have no beneficial effect in patients hospitalised with COVID-19, according to the third set of results to come out of the ‘Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy’ trial.
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A quarter of medicines deliveries booked through Welsh volunteer scheme have not been completed
More than 3,300 medicines deliveries have been scheduled since the launch of the National Volunteer Prescription Delivery Scheme in Wales, although, to date, only 2,473 deliveries have been completed.
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Government will not say if Brexit medicines stockpile warehousing contracts have been extended beyond June 2020 cut-off
The government says it is unable to confirm whether it has extended its warehousing contracts for storing medicine stockpiles beyond the end of June 2020, when they were expected to end.
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Deaths: Patrick George O'Neill
On 29 April 2020, Patrick George O’Neill, aged 89 years, of Middlesex. Mr O’Neill was a former member of The Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
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Emergency contraception sales fall by more than 50% as pandemic causes 'disruption' to sexual health services
Sales of the morning after pill dropped by more than 50% between March 2020 and April 2020, according to retail data provider IRI.
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Disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on BAME populations not explained by cardiometabolic factors, vitamin D or deprivation, researchers find Subscription
Variations in cardiometabolic factors, vitamin D levels and socioeconomic or behavioural factors do not adequately explain why COVID-19 disproportionately affects black, Asian and minority ethnic populations.
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Inflammatory bowel disease may be linked to increased risk of dementia Subscription
People with inflammatory bowel disease have a significantly higher risk of developing dementia later in life, a study in Gut has suggested.
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