Save our ‘unloved’ high street chemists from extinction, says top pharmacist – as fears grow home-delivered medicines will put them out of business Pharmacists worry that home delivery of medicines will put them out of business This will eliminate the fee that chemists are paid to check and prepare the drugs Dr Leyla Hannbeck says … Read more
Einsteinium, the elusive 99th element on the periodic table, has been created and captured, allowing some of its properties to be characterised for the first time. Not naturally occurring on Earth, the so-called ‘synthetic element’ was first discovered among the debris of the first-ever hydrogen bomb back in 1952. Since then, very few experiments have ever been … Read more
Leading chemists SUSPEND flu vaccine appointments amid shortage of jabs, prompting fears elderly may be forced to wait weeks despite government pledge that they would be first in line Flu jab bookings for the elderly this winter have been suspended by chemists Boots and Lloyds made the move amid a shortage in vaccines amid coronavirus … Read more
Warnings over opioids are to get even tougher: Doctors and chemists must talk to patients about dependency risk, regulatory agency announces Doctors or pharmacists will have to talk to patients about the risks of both prescription and over-the-counter opioid medicine Warnings will also be added to the patient information leaflet that comes with medicines Opioids … Read more
Scientists the world over are working round the clock to find a cure for the deadly coronavirus. With little time to develop new medicines from scratch — and a vaccine to prevent the infection thought to be at least a year away — much of their effort involves ‘repurposing’ existing treatments. This means testing drugs … Read more
Chemists cash in by charging up to £475 to vaccinate teenage boys against the cancer-causing HPV virus From September boys across UK will be vaccinated when they are aged 12 or 13 But an estimated two million older boys will miss out, to fury of campaigners When vaccine was offered to girls, NHS put in temporary … Read more