The Department of Health of Social Care (DH) has re-determined that an additional 14 products for January now meet the special container criteria.
The list of 14 medicines is includes the following…
| Generic drug name (dm+d descriptor) | Brand and/or Manufacturer | Pack size | Special container |
| Cabozantinib 20mg tablets | Cabometyx (Ipsen Ltd) | 30 | Complete pack |
| Cabozantinib 40mg tablets | Cabometyx (Ipsen Ltd) | 30 | Complete pack |
| Cabozantinib 60mg tablets | Cabometyx (Ipsen Ltd) | 30 | Complete pack |
| Emtricitabine 200mg / Tenofovir 245mg tablets | Mylan | 30 (3 x 10) | Sub-pack of 10 |
| Lopinavir 400mg/5ml / Ritonavir 100mg/5ml oral solution | Kaletra (AbbVie Ltd) | 120ml (2 x 60ml) 300 ml (5 x 60ml) | Sub-pack of 60ml |
| Pramipexole 0.26mg modified-release tablets | Oprymea (Consilient Health Ltd) | 30 (3 x 10) | Sub-pack of 10 |
| Pramipexole 0.52mg modified-release tablets | Oprymea (Consilient Health Ltd) | 30 (3 x 10) | Sub-pack of 10 |
| Pramipexole 1.05mg modified-release tablets | Oprymea (Consilient Health Ltd) | 30 (3 x 10) | Sub-pack of 10 |
| Pramipexole 1.57mg modified-release tablets | Oprymea (Consilient Health Ltd) | 30 (3 x 10) | Sub-pack of 10 |
| Pramipexole 2.1mg modified-release tablets | Oprymea (Consilient Health Ltd) | 30 (3 x 10) | Sub-pack of 10 |
| Pramipexole 2.62mg modified-release tablets | Oprymea (Consilient Health Ltd) | 30 (3 x 10) | Sub-pack of 10 |
| Pramipexole 3.15mg modified-release tablets | Oprymea (Consilient Health Ltd) | 30 (3 x 10) | Sub-pack of 10 |
| Pheburane 483mg/g granules | Eurocept International bv | 174 gram | Complete pack |
| Regorafenib 40mg tablets | Stivarga (Bayer Plc) | 84 (3 x 28) | Sub-pack of 28 |
To date a total of 92 products have now been reclassified as special containers, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has said in an update.
