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Pharmacy and Poisons Board CEO acknowledged the challenge of unqualified people

Pharmacists must carefully consider safety concerns and patient privacy.

Six hospitals have been named Centers of Excellence by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists for their medication use safety and pharmacy practice.

The Pharmaceutical Journal from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

An online survey identified that documentation requirements and communication issues with health plans are associated with providers modifying clinical decisions to avoid medication prior authorization.

Expansions in access by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services could bring the latest advances in continuous glucose monitoring into the hands of millions with diabetes, which could provide significant, population-level impact and bring the field a step closer to equitable diabetes management.

Effective immediately, Intermountain Health will give adult women the chance to receive prescriptions for basic birth control through telehealth appointments.

Jharkhand News: Under the banner of the All India Pharmacists Association, pharmacists from across the state staged a one-day dharna in front of the Raj | BLiTZ

Aston University has appointed Professor Ian Wong as its new Regius Professor of Pharmacy. Professor Wong is a pharmacoepidemiologist. His research focuses on the application of international healthcare big data to evaluate the use of medicines so that patients will benefit from safer medications. He has led several government-funded large research programmes in Europe, UK and Hong Kong to evaluate the safety of ADHD treatment, psychotropic medications in children and COVID-19 vaccine.

The pharmacoepidemiologist Professor Ian Wong has been appointed as the new Regius Professor of Pharmacy at Aston University.