Britain’s pandemic modellers say future large waves of Covid possible
There is a realistic possibility of large waves of Covid-19 infection in the future in Britain and such waves might even be considered likely,...
‘Price of Covid-19 treatments from Pfizer, Merck, GSK align with patient benefits’
The prices of drugs used to treat Covid-19 for those at risk of serious illness are "reasonably aligned" with how much they help patients,...
UK approves Novavax Covid jab as fifth in country
Britain has approved Novavax 's Covid-19 vaccine for use in those 18 years of age and older, the country's medicines regulator said on Thursday (February...
Trial deliberately infecting young adults with Covid found to be safe
The world's first human challenge trial in which volunteers were deliberately exposed to Covid-19 to advance research into the disease was found to be...
GPhC makes case for Covid-19 vaccination in all pharmacies; RPS says policy reversal by government gives little hope to those already affected
Following the UK government’s decision to look at the possibility of changing rules on mandatory Covid vaccination for healthcare staff, the General Pharmaceutical Council...
Reinfections are now added to Covid case numbers
Britain has started counting possible Covid-19 reinfections in its daily coronavirus data, changing its approach to reflect the increased number of people catching the...
Sajid javid thanks pharmacies for delivering over 20 million Covid jabs
Health secretary Sajid Javid visited Medicine Chest Pharmacy in London on Friday (January 28) and thanked pharmacy teams across England for delivering well over...
‘UK could change mandatory Covid jabs for health staff’
Britain is looking at the possibility of changing rules on mandatory covid jabs or vaccination for healthcare staff, chief secretary to the Treasury Simon...
Over 5,000 people enrolled for PANORAMIC study for antivirals
More than 5,000 vulnerable people have enrolled for the ground-breaking Platform Adaptive trial of Novel antivirals for early treatment of Covid-19 In the Community...
Emergency provision of pharmaceutical services extended for pharmacies
The emergency provision of pharmaceutical services, introduced to help maintain pharmacy services during the Covid-19 pandemic, has been extended to March 31, 2022.
The provision...
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