Exclusive: ‘Involve BAME pharmacy staff to help steer positive discussion on how to mitigate virus risks’
Senior academic pharmacist Dr Mahendra Patel said pharmacy owners should engage their staff to help steer a positive dialogue if they are serious about...
Over 50s to get free flu jabs in Wales
The Welsh government has included more beneficiaries to this year’s free winter flu vaccine programme, health minister Vaughan Gething has said.
The additional vaccine supply...
Moderna’s virus vaccine worked well in monkeys
US biotech firm Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine induced a robust immune response and prevented the coronavirus from replicating in the noses and lungs of monkeys, a study...
Roche bid to retool arthritis drug for Covid-19 fails
Roche's attempt to retool its rheumatoid arthritis drug Actemra/RoActemra to treat patients hospitalised with severe Covid-19-related pneumonia has failed in a late-stage trial, the...
MHRA issues recall alert for Abstral 200 microgram tablets
The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class two medicines recall for Abstral 200 microgram sublingual tablets.
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UK secures 60 million doses of Sanofi-GSK Covid-19 vaccine
Britain has signed a deal for up to 60 million doses of a possible Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline, it said on...
Eight drugs included in second July 2020 price concession list
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has granted price concession for eight drugs. The second price concession list released for July 2020...
PDA initiates workplace safety survey for pharmacists
The Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) has asked the pharmacists to share their experience of safety in their workplace.
Its Safer Pharmacies Survey 2020, open to...
Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Pessina to step down
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc said on Monday (July 27) its biggest shareholder, Stefano Pessina, will step down as the chief executive officer after five...
RPS supports proposed changes to education and training for pharmacists
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has been discussing with the General Pharmaceutical Council and others on the need for change to training and education of...
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