Research Insights
Research Insights section focuses on the cutting-edge and breakthrough research that is happening all over the world. Laboratories across the globe are working hard to develop drugs and therapies for various diseases and research insights directly from them add tremendous value.
Determining The Frequency Of Pathogenic Germline Variants From Exome Sequencing In Patients With Castrate-resistant Prostate Cancer
Abstract Objectives To determine the frequency of pathogenic inherited mutations in select genes from patients with metastatic castrateresistant prostate cancer mCRPC Design Observational Setting Multis
Effectiveness Of Pharmacist-led Medication Reconciliation Programmes On Clinical Outcomes At Hospital Transitions: A Systematic Review And Meta-analysis
Abstract Objectives Pharmacists play a role in providing medication reconciliation However data on effectiveness on patients clinical outcomes appear inconclusive Thus the aim of this study was to systematically investigate the effect of pharmacistled medication reconciliation programmes on clinical outcomes at hospital transitions
Knowledge integration using product R&D outsourcing in biotechnology
Abstract We build on systems integration literature to explain how and why knowledge integration of nonmodular products is based on a strategic choice between internalizing and outsourcing core RD The underresearched choice of outsourcing core RD on an ongoing basis appears to face risks of higher transactions costs and loss of control We illumina...
Evaluation of retail pharmacists' perception on patient safety
Patient safety has become a focus of clinical care and research in recent years However the potential for medical care to cause harm has been appreciated throughout the history of medicine The safety culture of an organization is the product of individual and group values attitudes perceptions competencies and patterns of behavior that determine t...
Qualitative study to conceptualise a model of interprofessional collaboration between pharmacists and general practitioners to support patients' adherence to medication
Abstract Objectives Pharmacists and general practitioners GPs face an increasing expectation to collaborate interprofessionally on a number of healthcare issues including medication nonadherence This study aimed to propose a model of interprofessional collaboration within the context of identifying and improvi
Using the Consumer Experience with Pharmacy Services Survey as a quality metric for ambulatory care pharmacies: older adults' perspectives
Abstract Objectives To describe older adults perceptions of evaluating and comparing pharmacies based on the Consumer Experience with Pharmacy Services Survey CEPSS describe older adults perceived importance of the CEPSS and its specific domains and explore older adults perceptions of the i
Consumer concerns about paracetamol: a retrospective analysis of a medicines call centre
Abstract Objectives To identify consumer information needs about paracetamol the most commonly used analgesic and antipyretic worldwide Design Retrospective analysis of medicines questions from the public Set
When procedures meet practice in community pharmacies: qualitative insights from pharmacists and pharmacy support staff
Abstract Objectives Our aim was to explore how members of community pharmacy staff perceive and experience the role of procedures within the workplace in community pharmacies Setting Community pharmacies in England and Wales
General understanding on physical stability of pharmaceutical glasses
Although amorphous solid dispersion is one of the most important formulation technologies for poorly soluble drugs the number of marketed oral amorphous formulations is still limited The lack of an accelerated study protocol for predicting crystallization behavior of amorphous forms has been one of the biggest issues that inhibit their wide use Is...
Electrochemical studies for the determination of an antibiotic drug, D-cycloserine, in pharmaceutical and human biological samples
Abstract An antibiotic drug Dcycloserine CYS in phosphate buffer at different pH values was electrochemically studied using a gold electrode A wellresolved irreversible diffusioncontrolled voltammetric peak was obtained at V in a pH phosphate buffer solution with an ionic strength of M The experimental conditions such as the solution pH
