Covid-19 disrupts global API supply chain in India: GlobalData
Widespread reduction of pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity in India due to Covid-19 pandemic will severely disrupt the global and domestic supply chain, particularly for active...
Government announces special UK visa for foreign health and care workers
The government has unveiled plans to create a new fast-track visa route for eligible health and care professionals from around the globe when freedom...
Jo Churchill reassures pharmacies on funding to avoid Covid-enforced closures
Pharmacy Minister Jo Churchill has reassured MPs that the government would invest in community pharmacies and avoid widespread closures following the Covid-19 pandemic.
During a...
Swiftly waning Covid-19 immunity poses vaccination challenge
Emerging evidence that the body's immune defence against Covid-19 may be short-lived makes it even harder for vaccine developers to come up with shots fully able...
‘Pharmacy must be at the heart of preparations for a potential second wave of Covid-19’
Britain faces a potentially more deadly second wave of Covid-19 in the coming winter that could kill up to 120,000 people over nine months in...
Contractors can claim £1,630 payment, as first part of new PQS is announced
A new Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) due to commence in April but delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic has been announced.
The focus of the...
You’ve done your duty, stepped up to the plate: Matt Hancock tells community pharmacists
Health secretary Matt Hancock has commended pharmacists and their teams for “stepping up to the plate” as he highlighted the importance of community pharmacy...
More than 70 workers test positive for Covid-19 on an English farm
Around 200 people employed to pick crops at a farm near Malvern in England’s West Midlands region have been told to self isolate after...
Nicola Sturgeon sees surge in support for virus response
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wore a tartan face mask on a recent visit to shops in Edinburgh, as they prepared to reopen after...
Biocon secures approval for its drug to be used on Covid-19 patients
India's Biocon Ltd has received regulatory approval for its drug Itolizumab to be used on coronavirus infected patients suffering from moderate to severe respiratory...
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