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Deprescribing: the fightback against polypharmacy has begun Subscription
Polypharmacy among older people is at an all-time high, prompting a necessary focus on withdrawing inappropriate medicines. However, evidence-based guidelines are needed to overcome barriers to deprescribing.
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Why pharmacists need advanced practice specialist residences: the UK–Australia story Subscription
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has signed a partnership agreement with the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia, a national professional membership body in Australia representing over 4,500 pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacists in training working in Australia’s hospitals and other clinical healthcare settings.
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Spider venom peptide could protect against stroke brain damage Subscription
Researchers say that Hi1a, a peptide found in funnel-web spider venom, was highly neuroprotective in rats and could be used to protect the human brain from ischaemic injury caused by stroke.
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Why Australia decided to make all codeine products prescription only Subscription
The recent decision in Australia to make codeine-containing medications prescription only from 2018 (The Pharmaceutical Journal online, 23 December 2016) was reported to have been met with disappointment from the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.
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Australia tightens restrictions over codeine-containing medicines
Products containing codeine will no longer be available over the counter in Australia following a review by its medicine’s regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
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Medication burden has major role in patient experiences Subscription
Analysis of 1,144 patients finds intolerable medication burden may result in non-adherence and poor outcomes.
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Study shows how stress increases breast cancer metastasis Subscription
Researchers suggest aggressive breast cancer could be slowed by targeting a specific signalling loop.
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UK Nurofen advertisements under scrutiny after claims they are ‘misleading’ Subscription
Nurofen Express advertisements are being investigated by the Advertising Standards Authority in the UK in response to complaints that they are misleading.
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UK pays less than European neighbours for cancer drugs Subscription
The price of originator cancer drugs varies widely between high-income countries and the UK pays one of the lowest prices in Europe.
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Trade deal gives minimum of five years of data protection for biologic drugs Subscription
The countries negotiating the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement reached a conclusion on 5 October 2015, spelling out the data protection terms for biologic medicines.
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