e-CASS market is Cambrian Alliance's new trading platform, enabling pharmacies to buy and sell stock from each other with ease. You do not need to be an existing Cambrian Alliance Group customer to access the platform. Register for their free launch event to see a live demo and understand more about this great new product! Sign up [...]
The Thornton & Ross training course ‘Emollients and Dry Skin Conditions’ has been shortlisted for the 2021 ‘Pharmacy training initiative of the year’ award. In Addition, the Zeroderma range has been shortlisted for the Pharmacy Product of the Year – in the Medicated Skincare section. If you can spare a minute to vote for [...]
The parliamentary All-Party Pharmacy Group (APPG) has issued a call for more government support for pharmacies following its ‘flash inquiry’ into the impact of COVID-19. The group’s report, published today, says that pharmacies are facing challenges and threats “at a level never before experienced” and that many pharmacies could close within a year due to financial [...]
In a year of uncertainty – and against conditions unforeseen and pressures unprecedented – Welsh pharmacists have showcased their commitment, selflessness and courage more than ever before. While ideally, we would pay tribute to the positive impact which the members of the sector have forged in person, in response to updated COVID-19 guidelines this year’s [...]
Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients, today announced that the primary efficacy analysis of the Phase 3 study of mRNA-1273 conducted on 196 cases confirms the high efficacy observed at the first interim analysis. The data analysis indicates [...]
Effaclar SpotScan is the result of 2 years of work with support of renewed dermatologists and using the global acne evaluation scale (GEA) analysing over 6000 of pictures from different phototypes and ethnicities Effaclar SpotScan UK has been approved and recommended by the Primary care Dermatology Society (PCDS). Patients simply take 3 selfie pictures [...]
With the COVID-19 pandemic still causing disruption on a global basis, Thornton & Ross is delighted to support this series of free and accredited webinars that will contribute to your learning and development programme. The next of these takes place on Tuesday 24th November and is titled, ‘Diabetes and Mobility Explained’. This webinar is CPD [...]
This National Respect for Shopworkers Week (16-22 November), the PDA supports the retail workers union, Usdaw, with their petition that asks the government to enact legislation to protect retail workers from violence, threats and abuse. The PDA has a longstanding campaign to end violence in pharmacies, including campaigning to stop violent incidents in community pharmacy. This [...]
Paediatricians, health visitors and GPs have joined forces to produce guidance for parents who are worried about their new baby. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has joined forces with the British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM – part of the RCPCH), the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV), and the Royal College [...]
The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) is participating in the fifth annual social media campaign called #MedSafetyWeek to raise awareness about the importance of reporting suspected side effects from medicines to the national regulator. The theme of the campaign is ‘every report counts’ and can help others in the future. This #MedSafetyWeek patients and carers, [...]
