Editorial
The coevolution of our content and pharmacySubscription
The changes to The Pharmaceutical Journal’s content mirror the changes occuring in pharmacy practice.
Q&A
The European Medicines Agency still has a way to go towards clinical trial transparencySubscription
Loopholes in the new policy on publishing clinical study reports from the European Medicines Agency need to be closed.
Learning article
Highlights of CPD and learning in 2014Subscription
Try our clinical quiz, taken from this year’s learning articles, and check your knowledge of subjects ranging from Ebola to QT syndrome.
Careers
Seven career-based New Year’s resolutions that you should stick toSubscription
Struggling to think of New Year’s resolutions that you might actually keep? Emma Page provides some practical ideas for pledges that could give your career a boost.
News
2014: The Pharmaceutical Journal's news in reviewSubscription
Looking back at some of the biggest news stories from the past year.
Pharmacy risks being sidelined as NHS evolves, report warnsSubscription
Pharmacists risk missing the opportunity to expand their clinical responsibilities within a changing NHS in England because of a failure to reform funding arrangements and a lack of consistent messages about the role the profession can play.
GlaxoSmithKline revises colour and labelling of Relvar Ellipta inhalerSubscription
Malaria deaths fall by 47% globally between 2000 and 2013, WHO saysSubscription
Pregnant women warned not to stop taking prescribed drugs without medical adviceSubscription
Electronic sharing of hospital discharge information moves closer in WalesSubscription
DNA test kit offers consumers the chance to predict response to drugsSubscription
GPs should conduct C-reactive protein tests before prescribing antibiotics to treat pneumoniaSubscription
Boots to benchmark pharmacist salaries in 2015 pay reviewSubscription
England’s Department of Health to review hospital pharmacy services to identify cost savingsSubscription
Ibrutinib launched for treatment of mantle cell lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukaemiaSubscription
News in Brief
Walgreens’s CEO Greg Wasson retires before merger with Alliance Boots is completedSubscription
EURMED launched to facilitate medicines donations in response to global appealsSubscription
MURs should target patients with cardiovascular disease from January 2015Subscription
EMA says flu vaccine is safe after deaths in ItalySubscription
McKesson cements acquisition of CelesioSubscription
Fifth pharmacist falls foul of regulator after BBC stingSubscription
Research briefing
Immune checkpoint inhibitor shows activity against bladder cancerSubscription
Review examines link between paracetamol use and asthmaSubscription
Pharmacy support for COPD patients improves medicine-taking behaviourSubscription
Scientists develop promising in vitro blood-brain barrier modelSubscription
Phase I trial of GlaxoSmithKline’s Ebola vaccine shows it is well toleratedSubscription
Correspondence
Medicinal cannabis widely used in IsraelSubscription
The long struggle to ensure prudent use of antibioticsSubscription
