A new report from the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA) says that Irish patients are among the last in Europe to get access to new medicines, meaning they could be missing out...

TraceLink Inc., the World’s Largest Track and Trace Network for connecting the life sciences supply chain and providing real-time information sharing for better patient outcomes, announced today that it has...

Through its latest “Feel Like You Again” campaign, launched across a variety of TV channels, Boots Ireland demonstrates that while cancer can change how you feel, it can never change...

The Irish Cancer Society has officially launched its annual free conference for cancer survivors and their families, entitled Living Well with Cancer. This year’s conferences will take place in Galway...

Condom makers, Durex have announced that they will recall some products from Ireland and the UK in fears that they are likely to split due to a fault. Ten batches...

Merck, the science and technology company, and InnoCore Pharmaceuticals; Groningen, Netherlands, have entered into a global cooperation agreement to provide InnoCore’s proprietary SynBiosys® biodegradable polymer platform. The drug delivery platform...

Minister of State for Health Promotion, Catherine Byrne TD, has launched the HSE’s new patient-focused online resource for information on hepatitis C - www.hse.ie/hepc. The HSE and Minister Byrne both strongly encourage anyone who might be concerned about their risk of having contracted hepatitis C in...

The new self-test kit from leading pharmaceutical company Mylan – autotest VIH® - can detect HIV antibodies in just 15 minutes and is now available over-the-counter in pharmacies across Ireland....

A high-profile Australian doctor has slammed proposals to expand pharmacists’ roles, claiming it will lead to “regulatory incompetence on a grand scale.” Dr Evan Ackermann, chair of the Royal Australian...

Smokers are more likely to seek help from tobacco quitline services when pharmacies run active smoking cessation campaigns, new research shows. The study, published in the Journal of the American...