Overview Professor Emma Baker Professor of Clinical Pharmacology St George's, University of London ebaker@sgul.ac.uk
Clinical Pharmacology A specialty dedicated to making sure patients get the best medicines Through clinical practice research teaching policy and politics...
Clinical practice See patients! Medicines management Usually another organ-based specialty Prescribing/ close relationship with pharmacy Adverse drug reactions Toxicology Pharmacovigilance Medicines management Managed entry of new drugs Rational and cost effective use of medicines
9.30-9.45 Overview Emma Baker 9.45-10.30 New drugs in your respiratory patients – are you up to date? 10.30-11.15 Drug-induced lung disease Georgia Tunnicliffe 11.15-11.45 Coffee 11.45-12.45 Prescribing controversies in respiratory medicine Beta agonists or beta blockers for airways disease Azithromycin – for better or worse in chronic lung infection? Halima Amer 12.45-13.45 Lunch 13.45-14.30 Biologics for the respiratory physician Nidhi Sofat 14.30-15.00 Medicines management – how to get new drugs for your patients Jo Harding 15.00-15.45 Understanding ‘evergreening’ – how to keep your prescribing costs down Andrew Hitchings 15.45-16.00 Wrap up and evaluation
Research In vivo mechanistic studies Clinical trials - any phase Investigator led May collaborate with industry Appraisal of trials/ evidence synthesis/ metaanalysis
9.30-9.45 Overview Emma Baker 9.45-10.30 New drugs in your respiratory patients – are you up to date? 10.30-11.15 Drug-induced lung disease Georgia Tunnicliffe 11.15-11.45 Coffee 11.45-12.45 Prescribing controversies in respiratory medicine Beta agonists or beta blockers for airways disease Azithromycin – for better or worse in chronic lung infection? Halima Amer 12.45-13.45 Lunch 13.45-14.30 Biologics for the respiratory physician Nidhi Sofat 14.30-15.00 Medicines management – how to get new drugs for your patients Jo Harding 15.00-15.45 Understanding ‘evergreening’ – how to keep your prescribing costs down Andrew Hitchings 15.45-16.00 Wrap up and evaluation
Teaching Typically in medical schools New national prescribing assessment coming 2014 tests prescribing planning management adverse drug reactions monitoring dose calculations communication
Policy Development of policies and guidelines Local National International MHRA, NICE, European Medicines Agency (EMEA), Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB), British National Formulary (BNF), World Health Organisation Relationship with industry
9.30-9.45 Overview Emma Baker 9.45-10.30 New drugs in your respiratory patients – are you up to date? 10.30-11.15 Drug-induced lung disease Georgia Tunnicliffe 11.15-11.45 Coffee 11.45-12.45 Prescribing controversies in respiratory medicine Beta agonists or beta blockers for airways disease Azithromycin – for better or worse in chronic lung infection? Halima Amer 12.45-13.45 Lunch 13.45-14.30 Biologics for the respiratory physician Nidhi Sofat 14.30-15.00 Medicines management – how to get new drugs for your patients Jo Harding 15.00-15.45 Understanding ‘evergreening’ – how to keep your prescribing costs down Andrew Hitchings 15.45-16.00 Wrap up and evaluation