Transcript Pharmacology and the respiratory physician

Overview
Professor Emma Baker
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology
St George's, University of London
[email protected]
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!
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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
9.45-10.30
New drugs in your respiratory patients – Emma Baker
are you up to date?
10.30-11.15
Drug-induced lung disease
11.15-11.45
11.45-12.45
12.45-13.45
Emma Baker
Georgia Tunnicliffe
Coffee
Prescribing controversies in respiratory Halima Amer
medicine
Emma Baker
Beta agonists or beta blockers for
airways disease
Azithromycin – for better or worse in
chronic lung infection?
Lunch
13.45-14.30
Biologics for the respiratory physician
14.30-15.00
Medicines management – how to get Jo Harding
new drugs for your patients
15.00-15.45
Understanding ‘evergreening’ – how to Andrew Hitchings
keep your prescribing costs down
15.45-16.00
Wrap up and evaluation
Nidhi Sofat
Emma Baker
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
9.45-10.30
New drugs in your respiratory patients – Emma Baker
are you up to date?
10.30-11.15
Drug-induced lung disease
11.15-11.45
11.45-12.45
12.45-13.45
Emma Baker
Georgia Tunnicliffe
Coffee
Prescribing controversies in respiratory Halima Amer
medicine
Emma Baker
Beta agonists or beta blockers for
airways disease
Azithromycin – for better or worse in
chronic lung infection?
Lunch
13.45-14.30
Biologics for the respiratory physician
14.30-15.00
Medicines management – how to get Jo Harding
new drugs for your patients
15.00-15.45
Understanding ‘evergreening’ – how to Andrew Hitchings
keep your prescribing costs down
15.45-16.00
Wrap up and evaluation
Nidhi Sofat
Emma Baker
Teaching
• Typically in medical schools
• New national prescribing assessment
– coming 2014
– tests
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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
9.45-10.30
New drugs in your respiratory patients – Emma Baker
are you up to date?
10.30-11.15
Drug-induced lung disease
11.15-11.45
11.45-12.45
12.45-13.45
Emma Baker
Georgia Tunnicliffe
Coffee
Prescribing controversies in respiratory Halima Amer
medicine
Emma Baker
Beta agonists or beta blockers for
airways disease
Azithromycin – for better or worse in
chronic lung infection?
Lunch
13.45-14.30
Biologics for the respiratory physician
14.30-15.00
Medicines management – how to get Jo Harding
new drugs for your patients
15.00-15.45
Understanding ‘evergreening’ – how to Andrew Hitchings
keep your prescribing costs down
15.45-16.00
Wrap up and evaluation
Nidhi Sofat
Emma Baker