The Pharmaceutical Journal

The Pharmaceutical Journal is a specialized magazine that focuses on different areas of pharmacy, such as pharmacology and pharmaceutics. It is published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, which is the official organization for pharmacists in the UK, previously known as the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.

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#195400

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#24838

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#25

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Regulator warns pharmacists to ensure patient safety when selling unregulated products

1 week ago | pharmaceutical-journal.com | Corrinne Burns

Pharmacies selling unlicensed, unregulated products must ensure these items are safe for patients and the public by seeking assurances from the product supplier and/or completing their own due diligence, according to Roz Gittins, chief pharmacy officer at the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
Antibiotic could help tackle drug-resistant gonorrhoea, study results suggest

1 week ago | pharmaceutical-journal.com | Katherine Price

Gepotidacin, a first-in-class triazaacenaphthylene antibiotic, has shown non-inferiority to first-line treatment ceftriaxone plus azithromycin and potentially offers “a novel oral treatment option for uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea”, study results have suggested. The research, published in The Lancet on 14 April 2025 and funded by GSK, also revealed that gepotidacin was effective against Neisseria gonorrhoeae (N.
Earlier treatment with combination of drugs could prevent 5,000 heart attacks per decade, study results suggest

1 week ago | pharmaceutical-journal.com | Sasa Jankovic

Around 5,000 heart attacks could be prevented in the UK every decade by treating patients with a combination of statins and the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe sooner after a heart attack, study results have shown.
Community pharmacy RSV expansion programme to be expanded four-fold

1 week ago | pharmaceutical-journal.com | Katherine Price

A further 200 community pharmacies are set to be commissioned in 2025/2026 to provide respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines, according to the Department of Health and Social Care. In public health guidance published on 14 April 2025, the Department of Health and Social Care said that NHS England would “expand and support evaluation of the community pharmacy vaccination offer by up to 200 sites in identified target areas”.
Welsh community pharmacy to receive one-off £6m stability payment

1 week ago | pharmaceutical-journal.com | Corrinne Burns

Community pharmacies in Wales will receive a one-off investment of £6m for the 2024/2025 financial year, the Welsh government has announced. The investment was announced in a letter sent to community pharmacies on 2 April 2025 from Andrew Evans, chief pharmaceutical officer for Wales, and Natalie Proctor, head of pharmacy and prescribing for the Welsh government.
NICE recommends capivasertib for advanced breast cancer

2 weeks ago | pharmaceutical-journal.com | Corrinne Burns

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended a new combination treatment for locally advanced or metastatic hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER 2-negative breast cancer for use on the NHS in England and Wales.
Regulators issue warning over prescription-only weight-loss drug advertisements

2 weeks ago | pharmaceutical-journal.com | Medicines regulation |Ellie Philpotts

Medical and pharmacy regulators have published an enforcement notice warning that advertisements for named prescription-only medicines (POMs) for weight-management are prohibited. The notice was published jointly by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) on 11 April 2025.
Scottish government offers hospital pharmacists 8% pay increase over two years

2 weeks ago | pharmaceutical-journal.com | Katherine Price

The Scottish government has offered its Agenda for Change (AfC) staff, including hospital pharmacists, an 8% pay increase over two years. The offer, made on 8 April 2025, involves pay raises of 4.25% in 2025/2026 and 3.75% in 2026/2027 for almost 170,000 NHS AfC staff and would be backdated to 1 April 2025 — a cumulative pay uplift of 8.16% which represents a £701m investment over the two years.
NHS England to assess feasibility of a national inhaler recycling scheme

2 weeks ago | pharmaceutical-journal.com | Katherine Price

NHS England is assessing the possibility of rolling out a national inhaler recycling scheme, according to health minister Karin Smyth.
Patients involved in design of fewer than one-fifth of published trials, research shows

2 weeks ago | pharmaceutical-journal.com | Ellie Philpotts

Research has revealed that patients were involved in the planning stages of just 18% of published clinical trials across several disease areas. The study, published in The BMJ on 10 April 2025, analysed the patient and public involvement — in how research is designed, conducted and disseminated — of 360 published articles reporting on randomised controlled trials and 299 respective protocols.