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December 2024
What is an excipient?
The word excipient is used to describe any component of a medicine that isn't the active ingredient. Most...
December 2024
What are Black Triangle drugs?
The Black Triangle Scheme is a pharmacovigilance programme that collects data on selected medicines and vaccines after they...
November 2024
What is an adverse drug reaction?
An adverse drug reaction (ADR) is a noxious, unintended response to a medicine. While some are relatively minor,...
October 2024
Robert Twycross (1941 – 2024)
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Robert Twycross, the groundbreaking joint founding author of...
October 2024
Common mental health medications
Mental health medications The use of medication for the treatment of mental health conditions can be a divisive...
October 2024
When is World Mental Health Day?
World Mental Health Day is on 10 October. The event has been raising awareness about mental health since...
August 2024
What is pharmacovigilance?
Pharmacovigilance (PV) is the term used to describe the practice of monitoring the effects of medicines after they...
July 2024
What evidence is used for a drug driving sentence?
Evidence to support drug driving charges may include: • Appearance (flushed face, bloodshot eyes, pinpoint or dilated pupils)...
June 2024
What are the most common types of medication errors?
The literature suggests that prescribing, administration, and monitoring errors are the most frequent.¹ Medicines are the most common...
May 2024
A new chapter for Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference
As the 41st edition of Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference is released, the long-time publisher of this highly...
May 2024
What is a drug interaction?
The definition of a drug-drug interaction A drug interaction is said to occur when the effects of one...
May 2024
What is pharmacokinetics?
The definition of pharmacokinetics: “Pharmacokinetics is the study of kinetics of absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) of...
October 2023
Psychotropic Drug Directory is the latest valuable resource to be added to MedicinesComplete
The Psychotropic Drug Directory has been sold by founding editor Stephen Bazire who has released a statement below,...
October 2023
Pharmaceutical Press adds essential reference knowledge for clinical decision-making in mental health services to MedicinesComplete
Pharmaceutical Press, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s knowledge business has acquired The Psychotropic Drug Directory. The highly regarded 30-year-old...
October 2023
Extended stability data can inform greener, more efficient, more patient-centric healthcare services
Extended stability data can inform greener, more efficient, more patient-centric healthcare services Parenteral medications have become ubiquitous in...
September 2023
Celebrating 25 years of Palliative Care Formulary
This year Palliative Care Formulary (PCF) is celebrating 25 years since the first print publication (PCF1) in 1998....
June 2023
Pharmaceutical Press has just made it easier to access trusted evidence-based pharmaceutical information
Pharmaceutical Press announce its new brand strategy, focused on helping health professionals support the safe and effective use...
June 2023
Why I volunteered, and continue to volunteer, for the Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients
I first became aware of the Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients (the Handbook) even before the 1st edition was...
June 2021
A tribute to Robert Twycross – Honouring a 50-year career in hospice and palliative care
This year Robert Twycross has achieved a landmark distinguished 50-year career in Palliative Care. One of the founding...
July 2020
Confidently advise patients on the treatment of common health conditions
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of disorders of carbohydrate metabolism in which the action of insulin is...
July 2020
Global knowledge to help grow your drug development pipeline
Cancer treatment continues to be an area of focus for drug pipeline development in the pharmaceutical sector, with...
July 2020
Guidance for effective decision making on antimicrobial strategies
With antimicrobial resistance (AMR) recognised as an ongoing global public health threat, antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is considered a...
August 2019
BNF 70 years – a day in the life
When British National Formulary (BNF) turned 70 years in 2019, we asked Jean MacKershan to tell us about...
