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Pharmacists call for urgent law change to deal with acute HRT shortage

Women who rely on the medicine to treat menopause symptoms have reported feeling suicidal without it

The Independent UK

Gumby gumby trees and other Aboriginal medicines to be researched by CQ University

Researchers are delving into the properties of gumby gumby trees and other traditional medicines in partnership with a Ghungalu elder from central Queensland.

ABC News

Sajid Javid urged to relax law as women forced to travel miles to find HRT

Exclusive: pharmacists say they should be allowed more easily to dispense substitute medicines as shortages take toll in England

The Guardian - UK

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Belfast man with Cystic Fibrosis runs out of medicine as flight home cancelled again

Jordan Hamilton's has been trying to get home from Amsterdam since Friday

Belfast Live

Pharmacists suffer 'aggression from patients' due to medicine shortages, poll finds

A survey by the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, which represents more than 11,000 chemists across the country, found 67% of its members are facing supply problems daily

Daily Mirror

Disgraced A&E doctor jailed for beating up nurses wants to return to work

Karen Clark worked as a specialist in emergency medicine when she developed an alcohol addiction and her life spiralled out of control, leading to numerous court appearances and two spells in prison

Daily Mirror

Pfizer Recalls Some Batches Of Another Hypertension Drug Over Cancer-Causing Impurity

Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) said it is voluntarily recalling five batches of its Accupril blood pressure tablets after finding elevated levels of a potential cancer-causing agent in the medicine. Accupril is indicated for hypertension to lower blood pressure. It is also indicated for the management of heart failure as adjunctive therapy when added to…

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Cystic fibrosis sufferer 'running out' of medicine after flight home axed by easyJet

Danielle Hamilton and her family, including brother Jordan who has Cystic Fibrosis, were told their flight from Amsterdam Schipol's Airport would not be taking off on Friday night

Daily Mirror

Glasgow A&E doctor jailed after beating up nurses wants to return to work

Karen Clark worked as a specialist in emergency medicine when she developed an alcohol addiction and her life spiralled out of control, leading to numerous court appearances and two spells in prison.

Glasgow Live

In Pakistan, Rooh Afza scents memories and refreshes souls

In 1907, a herbalist in Old Delhi made a cordial to refresh his patients, inadvertently launching a scarlet empire.

Al Jazeera

Pharmacists in England face abuse from patients due to drug shortages

Brexit, Covid and supply chain problems have disrupted availability of medicines

The Guardian - UK

FIR against online portal in Thane for selling abortion drugs

NAVI MUMBAI: A medical inspector attached to office of joint commissioner, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Thane, on Saturday registered an FIR against Meesho, an online shopping portal, and M/s SS Traders, a medicine distributor based in Delhi, for selling abortion drugs online without doctor's prescriptions.

The Times of India

Expert calls to save most trafficked mammal on earth from extinction and end cruelty

Every five minutes, a pangolin, the only mammal on the planet to have scales, is poached in the wild for traditional Asian medicine

Daily Mirror

Belfast Man 'running out of medicine' after flight home from Amsterdam is cancelled

Jordan Hamilton will run out of vital Cystic Fibrosis medicine today and cannot return home until Monday

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Benzinga

Field Trip Health, Mind Medicine Among Top Psychedelic Movers Of Today

GAINERS: Mind Medicine (NASDAQ:MNMD) shares closed up 3.49% at $0.87

Birmingham Post

GF Tomlinson finishes work on nuclear physics bunker ‘built with safety and security of the utmost priority’

It will allow researchers to understand how neutrons interact, which will be applied to nuclear medicine and space

The Guardian - UK

Godfrey Fowler obituary

Other lives: Family doctor and professor of general practice at Oxford University

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Up 200% in Just the Past Month, is Veru Stock Still a Buy?

Veru Inc. (VERU) stock has exhibited solid momentum over the past few weeks owing to the company’s recent clinical study of oral medicine sabizabulin, which reduces fatalities by more than 50% in severe COVID-19 patients. However, given Veru’s declining revenue and poor profitability, can the stock sustain its price rally?…

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The Conversation

Discovering new drugs is a long and expensive process – chemical compounds that dupe screening tools make it even harder

Modern drug discovery is an expensive and complicated process. Hundreds of scientists and at least a decade are often required to produce a single medicine. One of the most critical steps in this process is the first one – identifying new chemical compounds that could be developed into new medicines.

Benzinga

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 Antibody Provides Protection For At Least Six Months In High-Risk Individuals

AstraZeneca plc (NASDAQ:AZN) shared detailed results from the PROVENT Phase 3 pre-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) trial of Evusheld (tixagevimab and cilgavimab), formerly AZD7442. The data showed that Evusheld reduced the risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 by 77% in the primary analysis and 83% in the six-month follow-up analysis, compared to placebo. There were no…

Benzinga

Codiak BioSciences's Pan Beta-Coronavirus Vaccine Shows Encouraging Action In Animal Studies

Codiak BioSciences Inc (NASDAQ:CDAK) announced new preclinical data from its pan beta-coronavirus vaccine program. The data demonstrate the potential for the vaccine candidate to induce cross-neutralizing antibody protection against multiple strains and an antigen-specific & immune response against structurally conserved regions of various coronavirus variants. Preclinical data showed a durable antibody response lasting…

The Independent UK

US drone company Zipline starts delivering medicine in Japan

Zipline, an American company that specializes in using autonomously flying drones to deliver medical supplies, has taken off in Japan

Benzinga

Plant Medicine Can Help Our Soldiers Fully Come Home

Socrates Rosenfeld, CEO and co-founder of Jane Technologies In the last week of August, the remaining U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan ending two decades of war. Over that period of time, between 1.9 to 3 million U.S. service members served in Afghanistan and Iraq, with over half of them…

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