Blog Posts.

Have you ever experienced an adverse event after taking a medication? Did you tell a healthcare professional about it? Would you know how to report it? Read on to find out why it is important to report!

The theme for #medsafetyweek2024 is “The importance of using medicines correctly to prevent side effects”. In order to do this we need some information on correct use. Where do we find this? Read on to find out!

Following our recent blogs highlighting the necessity to raise awareness of breast cancer, Pharmora would like to take this opportunity dive in the recent advances in breast cancer detection and therapies, to understand how the pharmaceutical industry is joining the fight against breast cancer.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a time to emphasize the importance of early detection, education, and community involvement in the fight against breast cancer. Read on to find out about the importance of breast cancer awareness.

Hear from Pharmora Limited’s Stephanie Jones and Ian Pinches as they discuss the benefits of attending the World Drug Safety Congress 2024 and what they do at Pharmora Limited

10th of October 2024 was World Mental Health Awareness Day. Read on to learn more about what this means for us at Pharmora, and how we can all help to Prioritise Mental Health in the Workplace…

Anti-microbial resistance is a rising problem in medicine and healthcare, but what exactly is it? Read on for a brief history of anti-microbial science, the rise of anti-microbial resistance and what this means for us in the future.

Following on from Men’s Health Week and Urology Awareness Month, Pharmora discovered some interesting news about the changing landscape in the treatment of Prostate cancer and men’s health developments… 

In July this year, 2024, Bionow held their first Neuroscience conference in Sheffield. Read on to find out more about the event…

Read on to learn about the new Pharmora Journal Club, and what we learnt from it….

Celebrating the World Cervical Awareness Week, our CMO reflects on patients she has known with cervical cancer, and her personal experience with cervical screening…

Celebrating the World Cervical Awareness Week, we would like to take this opportunity to reflect on cervical cancer, its causes, how it could be prevented, and getting an early diagnosis through screening…

**Enzyme discovered that creates universal donor blood!**
The 14th of June is World Blood Donor Day and we at Pharmora would like to take the opportunity to look at this day and discuss what impact blood donations can have…

This week is Men’s Health Week (10th – 16th June 2024)! Please read to learn more about Men’s Health, research and health tips and current medical advancements.

Read about the 9th Global Pharmacovigilance & RWE Forum, attended by Pharmora Scientists last week.

Pharmora were invited to present to the attendees of the BioNow Careers Fair. Find out how it went in this post from the presenter herself.

Find out what it is like to join Pharmora as Hannah describes her first weeks in the organization.

After attending the BioNow BioInfect conference in February, Pharmora have been inspired to create a series of blogs. This is the first summary blog to start the series, read on to learn more about the rising problem of Anti-Microbial Resistance and the scientists working to combat it.

One of the most daunting challenges in medicine is the increase in antimicrobial resistance, threatening to unravel years of scientific progress. Bacteria have evolved to resist the once-reliable therapies researched by an uncountable number of academics worldwide.

In advance of attending the BioInfect conference this week, we are pleased to present the latest blog from one of our scientists Amy Bonsall.

Pharmora has supported clients to develop many different types of anti-microbials and this blog describes an exciting potential option to help combat antibiotic resistance.

When medicines are first introduced to market, although there has been extensive research done in a clinical environment, it’s known that only the more common adverse events are likely to have presented themselves due to the small sample size.

Signal management is a key activity in pharmacovigilance, allowing the identification of new risks associated with a medicine. Manufacturers of medicines and regulatory agencies are constantly managing signals. But what is a signal and how are they managed?

Reporting adverse events is crucial in identifying potential safety issues and relevant risks in drug administration. An adverse event (AE) is any untoward occurrence that is experienced by a person following administration of a medicinal product or a medical intervention to that person. An adverse reaction is an AE that is suspected of being related to that product or intervention.

Patient safety is defined as the avoidance of unintended or unexpected harm to people during the provision of health care (NHS, 2022). The idea was first pioneered by Florence Nightingale, who used charts and other figures such as graphs to show relationships between hygiene and patient outcomes.

As part of Med Safety Week, the focus for this year is on promoting patient safety and a topic highlighted in this year’s theme is adverse drug reactions (ADRs), including raising awareness of potential ADRs and the importance of reporting these events.