07
Aug 2018
In the 12 months ending April 2017, there were nearly 16,000 deaths in hospital or within a month of discharge, where sepsis was found to be the primary cause. Professor Sir Brian Jarman, director of the Dr Foster research unit at Imperial College in London, and who collected the data, believes overcrowded wards and staff…
03
Aug 2018
Varlsartan, a widely prescribed drug made in China, and which has been used across the world for 15 years, has been recalled and production stopped after it was found to contain a carcinogen. Investigators found a chemical called N-Nitrosodimethylamine, used in rocket fuel, and which is thought to be carcinogenic, which had contaminated the drug’s…
03
Aug 2018
Scientists have discovered a new drug, which has ‘potentially very promising results’ for pancreatic cancer. In recent trials, mice with the disease were cured after being treated with medication that uses their immune cells, known as white blood cells, to attack the cancer cells, by taking the white cells and engineering them so that they…
03
Aug 2018
Hospital chiefs have confirmed that they are planning the upgrades and campaigners have cautiously welcomed the news. Documents published for Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust’s board of directors indicate that a total of £9.7m has been earmarked for refurbishment of the Intensive Care Unit and improvements to the resuscitation area of the emergency department.…
03
Aug 2018
French drug maker Sanofi is increasing its stocks by four weeks in order to stockpile a 14 week supply of medicines in the event of a disruption to supply caused by a hard Brexit. Additional supplies of a wide range of products, such as insulin, are being built up. Hugo Fry, Sanofi UK’s managing director,…
01
Aug 2018
NHS Improvement is urging doctors to stop prescribing expensive branded medicine in a bid to save hundreds of million each year, and to opt for generic drugs, or ‘biosimilars’, which are just as effective but far cheaper. The watchdog believes that amongst the biggest saving could be made if doctors stopped prescribing the breast cancer…
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