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| Complacent government in denial over drugs shortages, claims AAH chief
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The government is in denial over the drugs shortage which continues to blight community pharmacy while ministers have been complacent when confronting the “seriousness of the problem,” Mark James, the group managing director of AAH, has said.
Concerns that drugs are still not reaching pharmacies promptly have grown amongst pharmacists and patient
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| No “economic justification” for 100-hour pharmacies, says Avicenna chief
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Salim Jetha, the chief executive of Avicenna, has told Pharmacy Business that there is “no economic justification” for the existence of 100-hour pharmacies, which have become a means for doctors to make more money at the expense of independent pharmacists.
Pharmacy bodies have called on the government to act on current
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| Unlicensed herbal products are dangerous, warns MHRA
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Unlicensed herbal products are continuing to put those who use them at risk of serious liver damage and organ failure, the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has warned.
Concerns that herbal products containing butterbur (petasites hybridus) still perforate the UK market has prompted the medicines regulator to urge the UK
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| Ulcer drugs 50% more likely to cause hip fractures in smoking women
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Women who smoke and take particular ulcer drugs are more likely to suffer from hip fractures later in life, according to the British Medical Journal.
The study took in 80,000 nurses in the U.S between the ages of 30 and 55 and they were examined to see how many developed fractures after
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