We have announced the results of the inaugural elections for the three National Pharmacy Advisory Councils in England, Scotland and Wales.

Meet the newly elected members and find out more: https://bit.ly/4uqEOWj

If you are coming to #BOPA2025 to the Journal Club on Sunday morning you should have an email with some links for some homework!

I promise we aren't asking you to do tons of work... But for the session to work well... Please bring a copy of one of the papers on your📱 or 🖨️...

Only if you can't swerve round them

I hope you were compensated in the form of tea and biscuits!

Image of poster:Polwart, Calum; Wadd, Nicholas; Nelson, Benjamin (2025). Real life comparison of toxicity from cetuximab and panitumumab in the first line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. ESMO-GI Poster. figshare. Poster. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.28989710

Delighted to be sharing some work we have been working on for sometime:

Cetuximab Vs Pantitumumab - we found no efficacy difference but did find different side effect profile. Presenting at #ESMOGI25 this week

doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

I'll be near the poster Friday PM if anyone wants to talk

Royal Pharmaceutical Society Access to expert legal advice, allowing you to focus on patient care. Exclusive to RPS members.

The RPS membership now includes Professional Liability Insurance. It provides you with cover for your professional liabilities, access to expert legal advice, allowing you to focus on patient care.

Find out more including policy coverage and exclusions: ow.ly/GNgj50WfZr6

Picture demonstrating exercise levels for challenge trial

Understating the influence of exercise in preventing recurrences/improving survival for Colorectal cancer. #UKOF25

7% OS gain at 8y Vs 5% Oxaliplatin...

📢 📢 2025 BOPA Conference: Registration NOW OPEN!

For MEMBERS click here: www.bopa.org.uk/bopa-2025-me...
BOPA members receive a reduced conference fee of £300 (including VAT) if booked by Monday 8th September. Preferential rates at hotels nearby.

For NON-MEMBERS click here: eur.cvent.me/OKgO4O

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

📢 📢 27th Annual BOPA Conference October 2024 - Abstracts now published.

Congratulations to all authors.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

Please contact the research sub-committee for support.

Abstracts presented: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The Price of Remission When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...

I have written many healthcare stories, but never before have I written about my own health. I decided to do so after learning one of my drugs costs nearly $1,000 a pill and just 25 cents to make. What I found was an incredible story of discovery and exploitation. www.propublica.org/article/revl...

KEYNOTE-991. Pembrolizumab Fails to Improve OS in mHSPC KEYNOTE-991 trial shows no survival benefit from adding pembrolizumab to enzalutamide and ADT in mHSPC.

KEYNOTE-991 Trial Results: Pembrolizumab Plus Enzalutamide and ADT in mHSPC

oncodaily.com/oncolibrary/...

#OncoDaily #Oncology #Cancer #Health #Medicine #MedEd #MedOnc #MedNews #KEYNOTE-991 #IO #ADT #Pembrolizumab #Enzalutamide #mHSPC #ProstateCancer

Text reads 'Controlled medicines are crucial to manage certain health needs like cancer pain, mental health disorders, and palliative care.'. Illustration of a bottle of medicines.

Text reads 'These medicines are carefully regulated to lower the risk of health harms caused by non-medical use.' Illustration of intravenous medicines and patient.

Text reads 'Most people still don’t have safe access to controlled medicines, even for cancer pain or end-of-life care.' Illustration of tablet strips.

Text reads 'We need to be better informed about controlled medicines that can reduce unnecessary suffering; and support their urgent, safe, and rational use to improve public health.' Illustration of tablets.

Controlled medicines such as pain relievers and sedatives are essential for managing and treating numerous health conditions. Yet, millions of people in need can’t access them.

🔗 WHO's new guideline to support urgent, safe & rational access to life-improving controlled medicines: bit.ly/4ktyVBV

Colleagues working with Cancer Drugs Fund are trying to assess how helpful a horizon scanning tool is.

If you work in SACT services in UK they want your views..

forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

We also want to know if you haven’t heard of it or haven’t used it too

A small but momentous change to the OpenPrescribing homepage this evening.

Hospital medicines data now OPEN for everyone

hospitals.openprescribing.net

TRAVEL INSURANCE: OVER 65s OR GOT PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.

I said on @itvMLshow yesterday I'd do videos to explain as we ran out of time. I now realise I'll struggle to get 'em done quickly. So here's a link to all the info you should need www.moneysavingexpert.com/tips/2025/05...

#MartinLewis

Antidepressants ‘substantially increase risk’ of low blood pressure when standing up in older people, study results suggest The use of antidepressants — particularly selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) — are associated with a “statistically substantial increased risk” of postural hypotension (PH) in older…

Use of #SSRI #antidepressants are associated with a “statistically substantial increased risk” of #posturalhypotension in patients aged over 60 years during the first 28 days of use, according to study results

#mentalhealth #sideeffects
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#pharmsky if you know someone who’d like to come and work in Critical Care, please get them to check out this link! Thanks 🙏🏻

Thoughts on the song battle??

I still do! Me and my brother just did a duet 😂

Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai (Ukraine) 2007 Eurovision Song Contest We are already counting down to the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku. We do that by looking back to recent editions of Europe's favorite TV show. This time we go to 2007, when the contest was held...

I have to say this is the one I was most outraged didn't win

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Custom analyses on OpenPrescribing Hospitals | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science The new custom analysis feature on OpenPrescribing Hospitals.

Interested in a drug and what hospitals are prescribing it?

Behold our new analysis page!

Tool: hospitals.openprescribing.net/analyse/

Blog: www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/05...

Check the data for yourself!

Tell your mates!

Not in person!

😮 that's like spotting a shiny charizard and letting it slip away!

I'm not sure he was even there as I also did not spot him!

Diff showing reduced pack shelf life from 3 years with no special storage to 1 year fridge stabiity with 2 months at room temperature

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SHELF LIFE OF TABLETS REDUCED

Storage shelf life drops from 3 years to 1 year - this will need some careful stock management @bopa.org.uk as stock will inevitably arrive with less than this

ALSO MOVES TO FRIDGE STORAGE ❄️

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Unfortunately I am also in search of tips!

You're obviously not important enough 😉 get yourself bumped up the list! 😜

You need to be in Novartis' pocket. You get told about first. Find yourself a rep to suck up to!

As Joseph Oakley said he could write an amazing piece of evidence with his languages degree. He knows the standards inside out. But you need the triad of proof to back it up.

I'll be honest, I'm not great at "bigging myself up" in interview. This provides the help you may need to prove excellence

RPS recommends starting with a learning needs assessment. If you think you are working above level for one competency but not quite meeting for another, then aim for the lower credential.

Prove your worth. Just because you want to be a consultant, doesn't mean you can be. Advanced is hard too!