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August, 2003
Prison for
pharmacist who cheated NHS
Bernard Masters, owner and proprietor
of Clifford Evans Ltd, on Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London, was
sentenced this week to three years’ imprisonment and ordered to repay
£263,000 in compensation.
He had been accused of
defrauding the NHS of an estimated £400,000 between 1999 and 2002, by
endorsing and amending more than 6,000 prescriptions for financial gain.
Which? on
pharmacy
The
Consumers’ Association is to publish two new reports on pharmacy. The
first, appearing in an autumn edition of Health Which?, plans to survey
the public’s perception of existing pharmacy services and poll opinion
on access and desirable new services.
This will be followed by a report in Which? This is thought to be
another undercover shopper report.e Consumers’ Association is to
publish two new reports on pharmacy. The first, appearing in an autumn
edition of Health Which?, plans to survey the public’s perception of
existing pharmacy services and poll opinion on access and desirable new
services.
This will be followed by a report in Which? This is thought to be
another undercover shopper report.
AstraZeneca results
AstraZeneca sales
for the first half of the year were unchanged despite the loss of £74
million in US sales of Losec,Zestril and Nolvadex. Operating profit for
the period declined by 10 per cent.
Sales of anti-cholesterol drug Crestor were £7.3m as it continues to
perform well in its first launch markets. On July 9 an advisory
committee to the USA Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously to
recommend approval for Crestor.
Chief Executive Sir Tom McKillop said:"The successful
transformation of our product range is shown by the replacement of US
sales of Losec,Zestril and Nolvadex lost to generics by new and high
growth products, leaving sales unchanged for the first half."
Pharmacy infections
Community pharmacists could be a useful source of information about the
levels of infection, according to a new report from a House of Lords
committee.
Fighting Infection says that improvements in infection services,
including surveillance, are essential to ensure that England is prepared
to prevent and control epidemics.
Committee chairman, Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, said: “The
Government must act now to improve services that protect us from
infection. We can never conquer infection but we must be better equipped
to fight it and to tackle infections like West Nile virus and SARS.
Arrangements for formal collaboration between those involved in the
fight against infection are poor and lines of accountability unclear.”
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