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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has produced professional guidance regarding the supply of over the counter (OTC) medicines from pharmacies. Which of the following statements does NOT form part of this guidance?

You are working in a pharmacy and you receive an NHS prescription written by the local dentist for gabapentin capsules 300mg for nerve pain caused by a tooth extraction.  You check the Dental Practitioner’s Formulary (DPF) and gabapentin capsules are not included in the Formulary. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Who is credited with explaining the structure of the DNA double helix?

Confidentiality of information in the pharmacy is extremely important and information about a patient’s health and medicines should only be released after the consent of the patient is obtained. However, some people can legally request information about someone without that person’s consent. Which of the following people do have a legal right to request information without the consent of the data subject?

You are dispensing a batch of FP10 NHS Repeat Dispensing prescriptions (1 x FP10RA, 6 x FP10RD) for bendroflumethiazide tablets 2.5mg, one to be taken in the morning, mitte 56 tablets for a patient with hypertension.  You are dispensing the final batch instalment. What should happen to the FP10RA and FP10RD after the medicine has been dispensed?

Physician Griffith in his transformation experiments observed that _______

In order to determine whether genetic material is DNA or protein, Hershey and Chase make use of which of the following facts?

Prof. Dexter is homozygous for Widow’s peak trait, which means ________.

Spinal nerves can be found in the pinned structure. (Same as 6)

What is the clinical significance of the pinned structure?