EU approved 96 new medicines in 2020
The European Medicines Agency gave its backing to 15 new medicines at its December meeting, taking its total for the year to 96. This rounded off a busy […]
The European Medicines Agency gave its backing to 15 new medicines at its December meeting, taking its total for the year to 96. This rounded off a busy […]
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can distinguish between asymptomatic people with covid-19 and healthy individuals. One of the […]
Testing for malaria could become as simple as putting on a bandage. That’s the idea behind a platform developed by Rice University engineers who introduced a microneedle patch […]
Pharmacist Anita Hogg explains how well Medicines Optimisation Innovation Centre (MOIC) model to estimate the critical care drug requirements during the covid-19 pandemic worked and the lessons learned […]
Pharmacist Anita Hogg explains how the Medicines Optimisation Innovation Centre (MOIC) in Belfast developed and applied a model to estimate the critical care drug requirements during the covid-19 […]
Pharmacist Anita Hogg explains the work of the Medicines Optimisation Innovation Centre (MOIC) in Belfast and how the Centre helped to ensure reliable provision of critical care drugs […]
Research undertaken by RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences suggests that integrating pharmacists into general practice (GP) teams facilitates collaboration to optimise treatment plans for patients with […]
Practice pharmacists were able to adjust and simplify drug treatment to ensure continued effective treatment during the covid pandemic – and could do more of this type of […]
Two programmes comprising training materials and back-up resources, have been essential for the development of effective practice pharmacy services that deliver meaningful benefits in primary care, according to […]
Pro-active case-finding to optimise treatment of long-term conditions is one the tasks undertaken by pharmacists working in GP practices. Shailen Rao, whose company Soar Beyond provides training and support services […]
Testing of hospital laboratory staff for antibodies to covid-19 revealed some interesting findings and led to questions about herd immunity. At the beginning of the covid pandemic Mr […]
People often ask if there a case for using both the molecular test and the antigen test. International Medical Information (IMI) interviewed two pathology experts – Mr Michael […]