Editorial
Pharmacy inspection rankings need an overhaulSubscription
The GPhC will scrap the satisfactory rating, but its premises inspection model needs more than a relabel.
Pharmacists are in a good position to make the move into industrySubscription
Pharmacists should value the mix of clinical and scientific knowledge that makes them an asset within industry.
Feature
The secret life of ketamineSubscription
Ketamine is being used to treat depression in clinics that are springing up across the United States, but uncertainty remains over its long-term use.
Comment
Prescribing statins: time to rein it inSubscription
Statins have been overprescribed for decades for many different reasons. Now is the time to reverse the trend.
CPD article
Liver impairment: ensuring medicines safetySubscription
How liver disease can affect absorption and excretion and the clinical consequences for common medicines.
Careers
Teaching pharmacy students in NamibiaSubscription
Newcastle-based pharmacist Nicola Rudall took a career break to teach clinical pharmacy to students in Namibia, in south-western Africa. Here, she describes the challenges she encountered and why this role is so vital.
News
Large proportion of stalled drug trial data is not being published, study findsSubscription
A vast amount of drug development data are being lost through the failure to publish the results of a high proportion of trials, particularly of drugs that did not go on to be approved, a study suggests.
Researchers modify peptides from cone snails in quest for neuropathic pain therapy Subscription
Researchers in Australia have modified peptides from cone snails, which have the potential to provide relief to patients with hard-to-treat neuropathic pain.
News in Brief
GP and pharmacy leaders call for pharmacists to work within general practiceSubscription
Teenagers to get vaccine against life-threatening meningitisSubscription
US FDA approves drug that prolongs survival in rare paediatric cancerSubscription
FDA grants priority approval for new antifungalSubscription
Skin cancer drug fast tracked under early access to medicines schemeSubscription
Global alliance of pharmacy schools launched to boost joint researchSubscription
AstraZeneca spins out early-stage R&D for antibiotic compoundsSubscription
Research briefing
HRT linked with increased stroke risk, conclude Cochrane reviewersSubscription
Psychosis may have immune-mediated cause, study suggestsSubscription
Few trial sponsors meet data reporting deadlinesSubscription
Paroxetine improves symptoms of heart failure in miceSubscription
Low and high levels of vitamin D associated with cardiovascular deaths, study suggestsSubscription
Correspondence
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