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Monthly Archives: July 2009

Revisiting Tamiflu (oseltamivir)

23-Jul-09

Today sees the launch of the National Flu service in the UK. As well as advice on Swine Flu, and the use of a checklist to diagnose cases, the site will also issue vouchers for Tamiflu (from now on referred to by its generic name oseltamivir) which can be redeemed at designated collection points. Only [...]

Pharmacovigilance is for everyone

09-Jul-09

Here is a link to a Pharmaceutical Journal article about pharmacovigilance a colleague and I wrote. Dr Davies was the lead author of the recent PLoS One paper on in-patient adverse drug reactions. It’s slightly parochial, being a response to Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain report on drug safety, but does tackle the perhaps [...]