Pharmacy Microteaches

A quick 8 minute tour of pharmacy-specific bits of clinical trials and what the point of them is. What do pharmacy clinical trials teams actually do, and why?

In pharmacy, we often bang on about half lives, but what are they actually useful for, and what are the limitations of the values we're given in SPCs? This podcast aims to be a whistle stop tour of half lives, covering some of the interesting things about them and when they might lead us astray (and hardly any maths at all, in case you were worried).

It's a Friday Quiz! But with Bob!

A quiz! About pharmacy things! With Kerry! And a hint of Canada!

A quiz! About pharmacy things! With Rebecca and Sally!

Missing novel Covid treatments and cutting edge pharma tech? Well, don't worry because Evusheld is the newish monoclonal antibody thing that might be useful as a prophylactic treatment for those people for whom vaccines don't work. But how do we know what do we know, what don't we know, and how can we make this all comprehensible if someone asks us about it?

It's a quiz! About antibiotics! With Eve!

It's a bit niche (or is it?...) but why would a company give away it's shiny new drug for free? Why do these schemes exist? What's in it for the drug company? What's in it for the NHS? What are the risks? Overall - what's the point? Just under 8 minutes of your life needed to get a potted summary and find out!

A Friday Quiz! With Andrew! How many can you get?

Finally - they're here! But what exactly is an Integrated Care System or ICS, and why have they been created? Park your cynicism and have a whistle stop tour of ICSs, ICBs, ICPs to meet the saviours of the NHS. Plus bonus material on the previous iterations of SHAs, DHAs, PCGs, PCTs, CCGs, and any number of TLAs in the NHS! It's going to be an excellent way to spend 8 minutes of your life!