Potential impact of European decisions and reports in pharmacy planning in Spain

Currently there are several cases in the field of the European Union regarding Spanishlegislation on private pharmacy planning. The first of these cases was initiated by issuing areasoned opinion by the European Commission on 28 June 2006. The second approach hastaken place through the various preliminary questions raised before the Court of Justice ofthe European Communities by certain Spanish courts. Although not all of the aboveprocedures have been completed, certain European pronouncements do provide what mightbe the consequences that they may have on the Spanish legislation on the subject. It is verylikely that the binomial property-ownership in favor of pharmacists and planning criteriaestablished in the Spanish regulations is considered compatible with European law. On thecontrary, it is feasible that certain aspects of the merit scales applied by the AutonomousCommunities for awarding newly authorized community pharmacies must be changed(AU)

Adjudication of new community pharmacies: comparison of ranking criteria

This article studies the differences between the models of candidate classification for the adjudication of new pharmacies in the different Spanish self-governing regions. The objective of this study is to analyze the profile of the selected professional. Generally, the ranking takes into account the professional activity as pharmacist, the pre-graduate formation as well as the postgraduate, with different weights. Some of the 15 autonomies include as merits the cooficial languages, an optional written test and special situations as unemployment.In general, the criteria try to find out the best profile of pharmacist based on the professional experience and the postgraduate formation(AU)

Adjudicación de farmacias: análisis comparativo de baremos / Adjudication of new community pharmacies: comparison of ranking criteria

Este trabajo estudia los diferentes modelos de baremación para la adjudicación de oficinas defarmacias en las distintas comunidades autónomas. El objetivo final es analizar el perfil deladjudicatario que se propicia con ellos. De forma general, el concurso contempla el ejercicioprofesional como farmacéutico, la formación de pregrado y la formación posgrado, condistintos matices y pesos. En algunas autonomías se valoran, asimismo, los idiomascooficiales, una prueba escrita voluntaria sobre conocimientos y determinadas situacionesespeciales (minusvalía y paro).En general se propicia un perfil de adjudicatario que suma la experiencia laboral con unacontinua formación y reciclaje(AU)

This article studies the differences between the models of candidate classification for the adjudication of new pharmacies in the different Spanish self-governing regions. The objective of this study is to analyze the profile of the selected professional. Generally, the ranking takes into account the professional activity as pharmacist, the pre-graduate formation as well as the postgraduate, with different weights. Some of the 15 autonomies include as merits the cooficial languages, an optional written test and special situations as unemployment. In general, the criteria try to find out the best profile of pharmacist based on the professional experience and the postgraduate formation(AU)

Q fever endocarditis on porcine bioprosthetic valves. Clinicopathologic features and microbiologic findings in three patients treated with doxycycline, cotrimoxazole, and valve replacement.

Three patients developed Q fever endocarditis on porcine bioprosthetic valves. They had a subacute or chronic course with nonspecific symptoms, enlargement of the liver and spleen, and cardiac failure due to destruction of the cusps, without disruption of the valve ring. High-phase I-specific IgG and IgA antibody titers against Coxiella burnetii were found. C. burnetii was isolated in each patient by inoculating suspensions of valve tissue into a human fetal diploid fibroblast cell line, which was grown as monolayers on slides contained inside rubber-stoppered tube cultures. Patients were treated successfully with doxycycline, cotrimoxazole, and valve replacement and were followed up for periods of 24 to 42 months; no evidence of deterioration was found. The human fetal diploid cell culture may be an expeditious, easy, and safe method to isolate C. burnetii from cardiac valves. Valve replacement seemed necessary to cure prosthetic-valve endocarditis due to C. burnetii infection. Combined therapy with doxycycline and cotrimoxazole may control the disease and prevent reinfection of the homografts replacing the valves.

Serial cytogenetic study of a human glioma cell line.

Chromosome studies were performed on a human glioma cell line. Nineteen passages were studied, and a heterogeneous chromosome complement with variable modal numbers was found. The main range varied from tetraploidy to triploidy. The presence of identical markers (9p-, 11p+, an increase in the copies of chromosome No. 7) in different passages suggests a clonal evolution.

Method for detecting mycoplasma and bacterial L-form colonies in relief with an ordinary light microscope by means of oblique light.

A simple method is described for obtaining images in relief of fresh preparations with an ordinary light microscope by lowering the condenser and displacing the objective at an "off-clicked" position.