Coroner calls for greater recognition of clinical significance of ‘excessive’ salbutamol inhaler use
A patient died in December 2023 after using an salbutamol inhaler more than frequently than recommended....
Experts back call to include pregnant women in clinical trials
The British Pharmacological Society has highlighted that the exclusion of women from clinical trials has led to limited data on...
Health news round-up: Alzheimer’s treatment, retatrutide results and kidney cancer guidelines
A weekly summary of important developments in pharmacy and health news that you may have missed....
Apixaban safer than rivaroxaban for thrombosis treatment, study finds
Researchers found that patients who took anticoagulant apixaban for the treatment of venous thrombosis experienced less clinically relevant bleeding, compared...
Pharmacy funding for future health crises a ‘necessity’, says COVID-19 inquiry report
The inquiry report also pointed out that an additional 225 pharmacists per 12-hour shift would have been required during COVID-19...
UKHSA says 20,000 meningitis vaccines for private purchase will be available to pharmacies ‘within 48 hours’
The extra doses are being released to support continuity of private provision, enabling up to 2,000 pharmacies to receive vaccines...