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Health in focus  
15/05/2012
Thinking Ahead - Hay Fever Season
THINKING AHEAD is a resource document for specific health events and seasonal conditions that may have a public health impact. This edition is for the Hay Fever Season May to August 2012
News
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Today
Updated national IV monograph on Piperacillin with tazobactam
NeLM News Service
Medusa
Today
Updated national IV monograph on Sodium fusidate
NeLM News Service
Medusa
Today
Updated national IV monograph on Natalizumab
NeLM News Service
Medusa
15/05/2012
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Revised recommendations for cardiac monitoring and use of fingolimod (Gilenya®)
NeLM News Service
FDA
15/05/2012
All Party Pharmacy Group report into medicine shortages
NeLM News Service
BBC Health , PSNC, Royal Pharmaceutical Society
15/05/2012
Lactobacilli versus antibiotics to prevent recurrent UTIs in postmenopausal women
NeLM News Service
Arch Internal Med
15/05/2012
Meta-analysis of proton-pump inhibitors and risk of C difficile infection
NeLM News Service
Am J Gastroenterol
15/05/2012
Phase III data for Onabotulinumtoxin A (Botox®) in neurogenic detrusor overactivity
NeLM News Service
J Urology
15/05/2012
Further results from Phase II study of VEGF Trap-Eye in diabetic macular oedema published
NeLM News Service
Ophthalmology
15/05/2012
Outcome at 5 years following response to rituximab therapy in children and adults with ITP
NeLM News Service
Blood
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Evidence
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15/05/2012
SMC does not recommend ipilimumab (Yervoy®) for advanced melanoma
Drug Specific Reviews
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
15/05/2012
SMC accepts insulin detemir (Levemir®) for restricted use in diabetes mellitus
Drug Specific Reviews
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
15/05/2012
SMC accepts everolimus (Afinitor®) for use in the treatment of neuroendocrine tumours of pancreatic origin (pNET)
Drug Specific Reviews
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
15/05/2012
SMC accepts etanercept (Enbrel®) for restricted use in children and adolescents with polyarticular JIA
Drug Specific Reviews
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
15/05/2012
SMC accepts etanercept (Enbrel®) for restricted use in children and adolescents with psoriasis
Drug Specific Reviews
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
15/05/2012
SMC accepts collagenase (Xiapex®) for restricted use in the treatment of Dupuytren’s contracture
Drug Specific Reviews
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
15/05/2012
SMC does not recommend bevacizumab (Avastin®) for first-line treatment of metastatic breast cancer
Drug Specific Reviews
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
15/05/2012
London Cancer New Drugs Group Rapid Review: Bortezomib as first line induction prior to melphalan and ASCT in untreated symptomatic multiple myeloma patients
Drug Specific Reviews
London Cancer New Drugs Group
10/05/2012
What are the equivalent doses of oral benzodiazepines?
Medicines Q & A
South West Medicines Information and Training
09/05/2012
NHS HTA: Dasatinib, high-dose imatinib and nilotinib for the treatment of imatinib-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia
Drug Specific Reviews
No information given
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Medicines Management
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Today
Implementation of a personal medication record program in an independent living facility
Medicines Management
Consultant Pharmacist
Today
Tablet splitting: a review of weight and content uniformity: Part 1 of a 2-part series
Medicines Management
Consultant Pharmacist
Today
Comparison of citalopram and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor ingestions in children
Medicines Management
Clinical Toxicology
Today
Stability of extemporaneously prepared 0.5-percent caspofungin eye drops: a potential cost-savings exercise
Medicines Management
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Today
Quality assessment of US marketplace vancomycin for injection products using high-resolution liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and potency assays
Medicines Management
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Today
Product quality of parenteral vancomycin products in the United States
Medicines Management
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Today
Scaling adult doses of antifungal and antibacterial agents to children
Medicines Management
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Today
Effect of a multifaceted intervention on use of evidence-based therapies in patients with acute coronary syndromes in Brazil: the BRIDGE-ACS randomized trial
Medicines Management
Journal of the American Medical Association
15/05/2012
Ten recommendations for closing the credibility gap in reporting industry-sponsored clinical research: a joint journal and pharmaceutical industry perspective
Medicines Management
Mayo Clinic Proceedings
15/05/2012
Funding oncology clinical trials: are cooperative group trials sustainable?
Medicines Management
Journal of Clinical Oncology
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