‘Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce final report recognises important role of community pharmacy’
The Taskforce report recognizes the important role of community pharmacy and pharmacy teams, and in particular, the fact that they often have most contact...
MHRA reclassifies ‘Gina 10 mg’ from POM to over-the-counter
Women in the UK will be able to purchase Gina 10 mg vaginal tablets without prescription from September from their local pharmacies, announced the...
BREAKING: CMA fines Pfizer and Flynn £70 million for inflating price of anti-epilepsy drug by 2,600pc
Britain's competition watchdog has fined pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Flynn £63 million and £6.7 million respectively for allegedly breaking competition law and illegally profiting...
My way or high way: Locum pharmacists asked to accept lower rates or get shifts cancelled
Tesco, one of the leading pharmacy chains in the UK, has been allegedly accused of forcing some locum pharmacists to accept lower rates or...
PDA launches brutal attack on multiples for compromising on patient safety by closing stores
The Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) has launched a brutal attack on some large pharmacy chains for full or part-day closures of some of their...
Authorised pharmacists in Northern Ireland will be able to certify ‘fit notes’
A new legislation has been introduced to allow authorised pharmacists along with other healthcare professionals in Northern Ireland to certify ‘fit notes’, health minister...
‘Public sector pay award will feel like another slap in face for community pharmacy teams’
After the government announced to award pay rise to pubic sector workers or public sector pay award, pharmacy trade bodies have expressed their disappointment at...
Boots to invest over £3.5m to train its pharmacists to beef up independent prescribing in UK stores
Boots is planning to invest more than £3.5 million to accelerate its capacity to offer prescribing services in its stores across England.
The company is...
As Covid patent war rages on, pharma group seeks fairer future access
An alliance of companies or pharma group has pledged to ensure equitable access to vaccines and treatments for pandemics, as the friction around intellectual...
PDA warns pharmacists on online prescribing risks
Within the last few weeks, at least six pharmacists have been subjected to interim order applications -- either suspended or had significant restrictions placed...
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