Author: Selina McKee

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain has unveiled a new logo to help the public vet internet pharmacies and address the danger of unlicensed drug peddlers online.

The UK Technology Strategy Board has dished out £1.1 million to help fund a three-year project to develop predictive manufacturing tools for future cell-based cancer vaccines.

Cancerbackup and Macmillan Cancer Support are to merge to “further the aims of both charities” and improve the delivery of high-quality information to patients with cancer.

Janssen-Cilag’s new pain patch Ionsys is now available in hospitals throughout the UK, offering patients with post-operative pain a novel and easy-to-use alternative to current methods of control.

In the final weeks of 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a new campaign in London to raise awareness of the need for more medicines to be designed for children.