Editorial
Putting the brakes on antibiotic useSubscription
The UK government should support calls from across the health service for national targets to reduce antibiotic prescribing, before resistance robs us of vital treatments.
Feature
Strategies to reduce the use of antibiotics in animalsSubscription
New drugs that could eventually replace or reduce the use of antibiotics in animals are in development to help slow the rise of antibiotic resistance.
Learning article
Improving antimicrobial stewardshipVideoSubscription
Improve your practice and slow the increasing levels of antimicrobial resistance that already cost around 25,000 deaths across Europe each year.
CPD article
Treating bacterial sexually transmitted infectionsSubscription
With azithromycin made available over the counter for chlamydia treatment, this CPD article reviews how to identify and treat the most prevalent sexually transmitted infections.
Careers
Ensuring medicines safety and managing risk as a Qualified Person for PharmacovigilanceSubscription
Derek Woodcock is a Qualified Person for Pharmacovigilance and works as a consultant for a variety of pharmaceutical companies. Here, he explains why pharmacovigilance does not have to be seen as the department of “bad news”.
News
Breakthrough in targeting KRAS gene mutation implicated in many cancersSubscription
Researchers have identified an agent that interferes with the cell signalling protein KRAS and which produces a dose-dependent reduction in tumour growth in a mouse model.
Review of fitness-to-practise cases suggests pharmacy regulator acts fairlySubscription
Pharmacists are likely to be dealt with fairly if they find themselves up before the professional regulator’s fitness-to-practise committee, according to published research.
News in Brief
Pharmacists and clinical pharmacologists to collaborate following call for more consultant postsSubscription
Gonorrhoea is becoming more resistant to antibioticsSubscription
Ebola research gets a 280m euro boost from EU and drug industryVideoSubscription
Public Health England reminds prescribers of effectiveness of antivirals for fluSubscription
MPs flag ‘serious problems’ in mental health services for young peopleSubscription
Contaminated batches of Zovirax eye ointment recalledSubscription
‘Encouraging’ reduction in Scottish antibiotic prescribingSubscription
UK medicines regulator appoints Michael Rawlins as chairmanSubscription
Family to take civil action after dispensing error deathSubscription
Drug firms must price cancer drugs fairly, says charitySubscription
Holden steps down as National Pharmacy Association chiefSubscription
Growth at the heart of new GPhC strategy Subscription
Research briefing
Heart disease increases cardiac risks of androgen-deprivation therapySubscription
Eribulin improves survival in women with advanced breast cancerSubscription
mTOR inhibitor suppresses tumour formationSubscription
Flavonoid consumption linked with reduced ovarian cancer riskSubscription
Diabetes drugs show promise in Alzheimer’s diseaseSubscription
Correspondence
A good student does not necessarily make a good pharmacistSubscription
Things will only get worse for pharmacy studentsSubscription
E-cigarettes: proceed with cautionSubscription
