The last man , Ryan Wilson, to suffer the consequences of the TGN1412 trial is out. Although he is recovering to some extent and has a positive outlook, he has been left with permanent disabilities and his chosen career is effectively over at the age of 20.
Thirty leading paediatricians have made a stand about MMR vaccine, warning that more children are likely to die from measles. They argue that parents have been “confused and dangerously misled†about the risk attached to MMR vaccine and its discredited link with autism. Their letter is targeted at the media, politicians and health professionals, and [...]
As a follow-up to an earlier post, the Neurodiversity weblog now has a fantastic post which looks at the Geiers’ ethical review board for their institution. It has a rather bizarre composition.
Unison are concerned about the risk of errors associated with the outsourcing of medical letter typing to India, South Africa and the Philippines.
Unison, which represents nurses and non-clinical staff such as medical secretaries, highlighted a series of common blunders, including the word hypertension (high blood pressure) instead of hypotension (low blood pressure).
Urological was also mixed [...]
The BBC have an interesting piece on Dr Maurice Hilleman, who is responsible for nine out of the 14 vaccines currently used childhood immunisation schedules. He was also the creator of MMR vaccine:
Dr Adel Mahmoud, President of Merck Vaccines, recalled how this affected Dr Hilleman.
“It saddened him to see that knowledge was twisted in [...]
Here’s Dr Crippen on Dr Wakefield’s potential appearance at the GMC. Wakefield is now over in Texas these days.
While we on the subject of Wakefield, MMR and the USA, check out the latest activities of the Geiers, authors of a study about MMR that contained “the most scientific nonsense I have ever read in a [...]
It’s been a long time coming, the last one was in October 2004, but the MHRA have a new edition of Current Problems in Pharmacovigilance out. It’s chock full of interesting stuff.
Topical tacrolimus (Protopic) and pimecrolimus (Elidel): potential cancer risk
Duloxetine (Yentreve, Cymbalta): need for monitoring
Tenofovir (Viread): interactions and renal adverse effects
Linezolid (Zyvox): severe optic neuropathy
CosmoFer [...]
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Try your own site. (Via AB).
Boots have chosen the software they will use to tap into the NHS electronic data spine, allowing them to participate in the electronic transfer of prescriptions from doctors surgeries to pharmacies.
The name of the software?
Have a guess.