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Ground-breaking collaboration to offer new heart disease drug to NHS patients

The government on Monday announced a collaboration with Novartis to launch a clinical trial for 'yet to be approved' drug inclisiran. The drug could benefit...

NHS England campaign encourages older people to get mental health support

NHS England, in partnership with Age UK, today announced a new campaign to encourage older people access treatment for mental health conditions. This is in...

Flu vaccination: NICE quality standard recommends pharmacists to notify GPs on time

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new quality standard that covers increasing the uptake of flu vaccination among...

Strides in lung cancer lead steep decline in U.S. death rates

Cancer death rates in the United States fell 2.2 per cent from 2016 to 2017 - the largest single-year drop ever recorded - fueled in...

Flu vaccinations through community pharmacies near 1.5 million

Community pharmacists across England have administrated a total of 1,490,992 flu vaccinations under the NHS Flu Vaccination Service in the last four months, according...

Diabetes drug sitagliptin ‘could stop miscarriages’

Diabetic drug sitagliptin could also be repurposed as the first line of treatment to prevent miscarriages by targeting the lining of the womb, according...