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STAT+: More hospital pharmacists are rationing drugs due to increasing shortages

STAT

Nearly every hospital pharmacy across the U.S. And the problem has become so bad – especially for chemotherapies — that one-third of hospital pharmacists reported their institutions are rationing, delaying, or canceling treatments or procedures, according to a new survey. is experiencing shortages of prescription drugs.

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NHS approval of endometriosis therapy Ryeqo enhances patient care: GlobalData

Express Pharma

GlobalDatas report, Endometriosis Market Size and Trend Report, reveals that the endometriosis market size across the seven major markets* (7MM) is expected to achieve a compound annual growth rate of more than 9 per cent during 2020-2030. 7MM: The US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and Japan.

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Hospital Pharmacy FAQ

RX Note

What can I expect once I entered hospital provisional registered pharmacist training? In most hospitals, you first introduction to your workplace is through an induction period during which you are shown many different areas and meet many new people. Is it very different from I learnt in university and real practice?

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Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast develop 3D printed bandage to treat diabetic foot ulcers

Express Pharma

Reportedly, this combination can greatly improve patient outcomes and has the added benefit of being a more sustainable, efficient, and cost-effective method of treatment as these scaffolds in the future can be “easily” produced within the hospital setting. This is a complex process that requires several combined therapeutic approaches.

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Only 2 per cent medicines undergo quality control checks: Former IMA President

Express Pharma

Presently, over 50% of prescriptions issued by physicians are for fixed dosage combinations spanning various therapeutic categories. Thus, prescribing such medicines using generic names might pose challenges for RMPs, compounded by the difficulty chemists may face in dispensing such prescriptions.

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From Healing to Harm: The Unintended Consequences of Polypharmacy in Seniors

PharmD Live

Every day, 750 seniors (age 65 and older) in the United States are hospitalized due to serious side effects from one or more medications.(Shehab People over 65 make up only 14% of the population but account for 56% of hospitalizations for adverse drug events (ADEs) (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, AHRQ, 2021). Shehab et al.

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Advanced Biodesign starts first-in-human clinical trial targeting AML

European Pharmaceutical Review

The first part of the study, lasting 12 months, will involve a single increasing dosage given to six cohorts of patients; followed by a second part, with a complete treatment cycle of four weeks given to three cohorts of patients. The ODYSSEY study is organised according to an adaptive design.

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