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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain recently extended the range of services available on myRPSGB. This password protected area of the Society’s website has been designed as a means of providing key services to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. All members are encouraged to check that they have opted to receive information. Through myRPSGB Society [...]

Responding to the Healthcare Commission Report, State of Healthcare 2007 – Improvements and challenges in services in England and Wales, Chairman of the English Pharmacy Board, Paul Bennett, said: “I am encouraged that this report highlights the areas of opportunity for pharmacists to provide the improved health services the public are looking for in PCTs. [...]

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) invites leaders from biotechnology, chemical and agricultural industries to submit proposals for panels and individual papers for the 2008 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing. This dynamic three day event will be held April 27-30, 2008 at the Hilton Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. Key thought leaders from the biotechnology [...]

Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, has issued its quarterly The Ones-to-Watch report. It provides expert insight into the five most promising drugs entering each new phase of clinical development between July and September 2007. “Bookending this [...]

Molecular Profiles, a global leader in the provision of innovative contract research services to the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and biomedical sectors worldwide, announces the appointment of Dr. Rob Whittock as Associate Director of Materials Characterisation. Based in Nottingham, he will provide technical direction and leadership to the materials characterisation team and support independent experts across the [...]

A business success story has both UCLA and a team of enterprising UCLA scientists envisioning a brighter future for cancer research and patient care. In 1996, a unique collaboration of leading UCLA scientists led by Dr. Arie Belldegrun founded the biotechnology company Agensys Inc. – and the company now stands to reap $537 million through [...]

CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development and commercialization of human therapeutics, reported results from a previously-announced double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial in healthy volunteers indicating that its drug candidate arimoclomol was safe and well-tolerated at a dose of 400 mg administered orally three times daily throughout the 28-day trial period. CytRx believes [...]

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a novel computer technique to search for the side effects of major pharmaceuticals. The study, reported November 30 in PLoS Computational Biology relates to a class of drugs known as Select Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs), which includes tamoxifen, the most prescribed drug in the treatment [...]

Dr Andrew Bottomley of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) has been appointed Senior Editor to the Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research. Dr Bottomley and his new editorial team will direct coverage of this key title in the Expert Review series through 2008 and beyond (see http://www.future-drugs.com). Dr Bottomley [...]

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) recognises the increasing role of pharmacy technicians in community pharmacy. In response to the Dispensing Doctors’ Association (DDA) announcement on the launch of their non-statutory Register of Dispensers, it is necessary to provide an overview of the regulation of pharmacy technicians who not only dispense, but are [...]