Anosmia added to COVID-19 symptom list
The United Kingdom has added the loss of smell and taste to its official list of COVID-19 symptoms including fever and new continuous cough...
‘Pharmacists should have greater powers to ensure access to medicines’
Community pharmacists should be allowed to use their professional judgement to make changes to prescriptions, says the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
As part of its submission...
UK records lowest increase in Covid-19 death toll since March
The number of people who have died in the United Kingdom after testing positive for Covid-19 rose by 170 to 34,636, business minister Alok...
UK appoints Kate Bingham as chair of its Covid-19 vaccine taskforce
The UK has appointed Kate Bingham as chair of its vaccine taskforce on Saturday (16).
The taskforce will lead the UK’s efforts to find and...
UK researchers test dogs’ ability to sniff out Covid-19
Dogs' ability to sniff out whether people are infected with Covid-19 will be put to the test by British researchers, in a bid to...
NICE guidelines for safety of patients with chronic kidney, interstitial lung diseases during Covid-19
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence today (May 15) published new rapid Covid-19 guidelines to maximise safety of patients with chronic kidney...
Welsh government told of impact of Covid-19 on pharmacists
The National Assembly for Wales has heard the oral evidence on the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on community pharmacists.
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in...
UK to produce 70 million face masks for NHS and care workers
Over 70 million face masks will be manufactured in the UK and delivered to frontline health and care workers following a deal with a...
Any new coronavirus vaccine will take two years: Novartis CEO Â Â
Any vaccine to fight the new coronavirus will not be ready for use for at least two years, the chief executive of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis...
Micro Labs and Saptalis launch metformin oral solution in US market
Indian pharma giant Micro Labs has joined forces with speciality pharmaceutical company Saptails to launch metformin oral solution in the US market.
The drug is...
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