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RPS patient safety professional standards updated

These updated professional standards apply to the entire pharmacy team, regardless of setting, practice or level of expertise The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS), along with the Association of Pharmacy...

Mundipharma, Vectura collaborate to reformulate asthma inhaler to reduce carbon footprint

They aim to achieve a near-zero-emissions asthma inhaler with a significantly lower impact on global warming Global healthcare...

CPE April Committee Meeting Concludes: Know Key Matters Discussed

The Community Pharmacy England publishes the summary of its April 2024 Committee Meeting A full CPE Committee Meeting was...

An Easy Guide To Understanding Healthcare Technology

Healthcare has a strong relationship with technology. The modern structure of hospitals and medical facilities cannot function without the progress of technology. It is...

Regular pharmacy staff testing for Covid-19 to be paused

The routine, twice-weekly asymptomatic Covid-19 testing by pharmacy staff can be paused from the end of August. The health regulator announced that regular asymptomatic testing...

Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech for patent infringement over Covid vaccine

Moderna is suing Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in the development of the first Covid-19 vaccine approved in the United...

Sunak attacks Covid lockdown response

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak, one of two candidates vying to be Britain's next premier, criticised the way outgoing prime minister Boris Johnson handled the...

Essential Pharma receives manufacturing licence in Switzerland and Malta

Essential Pharma, an international speciality pharma group, has procured an establishment and manufacturing licences in Switzerland and Malta. Following a successful inspection by Swissmedic, the...

PM hopeful Sunak visits pharmacy once owned by family

The Conservative Party Prime Ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak visited Bassett Pharmacy in Southampton on Wednesday (Aug 24) – the pharmacy that used to be run...

‘PSNC has asked for urgent extra funding to ease ongoing pressure on pharmacy businesses’

The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) chief executive Janet Morrison has assured contractors that PSNC will continue to raise with the new prime minister all...

Learn How To Haggle For And Keep A Good Insurance Policy At Work

You work hard for your money, so you should make sure that when something terrible happens – like a car accident or a fire...

RPS outlines plans to shape future of pharmacy in Wales

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has published Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales that outlines a plan focusing on what can be achieved by end...

Boots expands ties with Deliveroo to deliver health and beauty products from 125 stores across Britain

Boots has expanded its partnership with Deliveroo to cover 125 stores in the UK, offering delivery of a wide range of health and beauty...

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