Pharmacy Industry Predicted Covid Testing Shortage
The government is struggling to keep up with demand when it comes to providing enough Covid-19 tests. However, this problem was anticipated as early as the beginning of December by the pharmaceutical industry.
read morePrince Charles Opens New £1bn AstraZeneca Hub
Prince Charles had officially opened a new research hub in Cambridge for pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca.
read morePfizer Vaccine Decision May Be Game Changer
Pfizer has announced it is to permit a UN-backed not-for profit organisation to make and distribute a new Covid treatment pill in 95 low and middle-income countries. Under the agreement, Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) will be able to work on production of the new Covid...
read morePilot Injection Pen Recycling Scheme Launched In UK
A pilot recycling scheme for injection pens is being trialled at pharmacies around the UK, the Pharmaceutical Journal reports. The Danish multinational healthcare company Novo Nordisk launched the PenCycle scheme, which enables users of their FlexPen and Flextouch...
read moreUK Approves First Covid-19 Oral Antiviral Pill
Following a review of the available evidence, the drug has been declared ‘safe and effective,’ a government press release advises.
read moreWhat Was The First Ever Pharmaceutical Prescription?
Yhere is more data than ever that can be used to find and isolate potential molecules that could be used to provide effective medicines to treat a range of conditions.
read morePharma Industry Welcomes Extra £5bn Funding Announced In Budget
The Life Science sector has responded positively to the Chancellor’s announcement of £5bn funding for health-related research and development.
read moreUrgent Rollout ‘Needed’ For Covid-19 Boosters
The government needs to speed up its vaccine programme to ensure covid-19 boosters are given to all those who are eligible as soon as possible.
read moreWho Invented The Tablet?
The history of the tablet goes back much further than you would expect and was initially developed in Ancient Egypt, according to retired pharmacist and pill historian George Griffenhagen.
read moreDiscoverers Of How People Sense Temperature And Touch Win Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in the fields of Physiology and Medicine have been awarded to a pair of researchers who have accelerated our scientific understanding of how human beings can sense touch and temperature.
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