Treatment with glucose-lowering therapy does not maintain or improve pancreatic beta-cell function in young people recently diagnosed with impaired glucose tolerance or type 2 diabetes mellitus, a study has shown.


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MPs are calling on the government to allow e-cigarettes to be made available on prescription because of their potential to help people stop smoking traditional cigarettes.


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A no-deal Brexit could be a “catastrophe” for NHS services and workforce, patients and the health of the nation, the British Medical Association has warned.


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With blockbuster biologic adalimumab coming off patent in October 2018, pharmacists should be ready to switch patients to the best value biologic as alternatives become available.


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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has amended a draft quality standard on medicines management for people receiving social care in the community, removing a proposal that pharmacies should consider supplying printed medicines administration records for patients.


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A leading HIV and sexual health charity has announced that it will launch a pre-exposure prophylaxis access fund in autumn 2018 to support people in England and Northern Ireland who cannot access or afford the drug.


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Oral contraceptives, tamoxifen and the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine are three of the ten most important and impactful medicines to be introduced to the NHS during its history, according to a report funded by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry.


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Low levels of the potentially harmful impurity N-nitrosodimethylamine have been detected in batches of valsartan produced by a second pharmaceutical company, the European Medicines Agency has learnt.


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A paediatric trainee who was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter after the death of a six-year-old boy from sepsis has won her appeal to be reinstated to the medical register and continue to practise as a doctor.


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The first mobile medical application to be used as a method of contraception has been granted marketing approval by the US Food and Drug Administration.


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An ‘urgent’ investigation is being launched by Cochrane into its review of human papilloma virus vaccine safety after criticisms from researchers about its findings.


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Research from primary care suggests apixaban may be the safest of the direct oral anticoagulants overall.


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Dudley clinical commissioning group has commissioned a minor ailments scheme to improve patient care and make cost savings for the NHS, bucking the trend of the schemes being wound down elsewhere.


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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in England has appointed ten ambassadors to champion the benefits of being a member.


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A review published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal has backed up guidance stating that anticonvulsants are ineffective for treating lower back pain.


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Preregistration pharmacists who want to work in the community sector in London should be paid a higher training grant in order to tackle vacancy rates, a local pharmaceutical committee chief officer has said.


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Inspectors should be given the power to close pharmacies if patient care is put at risk during unannounced pharmacy inspections, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has said.


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Around 1,500 pharmaceutical companies are at risk of failure to comply with the Falsified Medicines Directive because they have yet to start working with the European Medicines Verification Organisation, the body has warned.


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European governments have failed to recognise the impact a no-deal Brexit will have on their own medicine supply chains, the head of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has warned.


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A solution developed to deliver clinical pharmacy services to remote dispensing GP practices in Scotland is being used as a model to expand telehealth services across the rest of NHS Highland. 


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