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Eight Drugs a Week, Episode 13 – Pharmacogenetics: Here, There and Everywhere
Pharmacogenetics now surrounds us and is an efficient tool to prevent disease or to guide drug therapy. By studying polymorphisms in the genes coding for metabolism enzymes and drug transporters, we can have clues to help choose the right drug or adjust drug dosage.
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Introducing RAPS: the Regional Asia Pacific Section of the IATDMCT
The congress in Banff saw the inaugural RAPs symposium: the first scientific session from the recently formed Regional Asia Pacific Section of the IATDMCT. Challenges in obtaining visas to join us all in person didn’t stop the group from realising a well-attended symposium, where we saw excellent video presentations from our very active peers. The
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Eight Drugs a Week, Episode 12 – TDM for beta-lactams in critical care: You know my name (Look up the number)
Given we traditionally only monitored particular antibiotics to spare toxicity, and that beta lactams were widely considered such safe drugs, it was once difficult to imagine this drug class would become important TDM candidates.
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Eight Drugs a Week, Episode 11 – On the road to Banff: Not a second time!
This time, it’s the right time — not a second time, but a unique time — to take the road to Banff, Canada, for the 22nd edition of the IATDMCT annual congress.
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What would you do next? A vancomycin TDM case series.
Paul Chin and Marie-Claire Morahan present three cases illustrating some very common challenges that arise when using dose forecasting software for vancomycin. What would you do next in these cases?
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Interviews with Norwegian Scientists: Kristine Hole
This month we hear from Kristine Hole, a pharmacist and post-doctorate researcher at the Center for Psychopharmacology of Diakonhjemmet Hospital in Oslo.
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Interview with Amy Rieborn
We reached out to Amy Rieborn, a PhD student working with Teun Van Gelder and Dirk Jan Moes on various projects involving anticancer drugs.
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Interview with Natalia Riva
This month, we hear from ‘our’ Nata, whose hard work is known to members, and who has recently been undertaking a post-doc with a Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology group in Pamplona, Spain.