Medicines

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30 May 2008

AOK launches medication comparator website

German health insurer, AOK, has launched a new database that lets users compare different medications. The database, on AOK’s website,
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20 May 2008

Six Dorset practices added to SCR pilots

Dorset Primary Care Trust has announced staff at six more local GP practices will start to use the NHS Summary
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16 May 2008

BNF now available via NHS medical research service

The BNF (British National Formulary) and the BNF for Children are now available through the Microsoft Common User Interface. The
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29 April 2008

French researchers develop symbols for drug info

A new icon system has been developed by researchers in France to enable practitioners to identify drug information using medical
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23 April 2008

Swedish centre mines drug reaction data

A Swedish monitoring centre is using data mining techniques to help identify adverse drug reactions based on Yellow Card patient
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7 April 2008

Pharmacists may get access to patient care records

The government has announced it will investigate how community pharmacy access to the NHS Care Records Service could be achieved.
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5 February 2008

Home test websites giving misleading information

Websites selling home diagnostic tests are providing misleading and confusing information which could have serious health consequences, according to a
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11 January 2008

New Internet Pharmacy Logo unveiled

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) has launched a new Internet Pharmacy Logo, designed to be a visual
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4 January 2008

NHS Direct demand breaks seasonal records

Over one million people contacted NHS Direct in England over the 11 day Christmas and New Year holidays, breaking all
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27 December 2007

EC may reconsider patient information rules

The European Commission is considering tabling legislation next year that would change the rules on the information that drug companies
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