GPhC income up 2.2 per cent in 2019-20
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has recorded a 2.2 per cent rise in its total income to £23.2 million in 2019-20 as against last...
Superdrug launches nurse-led virus antibody tests
Superdrug yesterday launched a nurse-led Covid-19 phlebotomy antibody testing service even as the General Pharmaceutical Council today told pharmacists that it was not appropriate...
GPhc asks pharmacies not to sell rapid virus antibody test kits
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhc) has said that it is not appropriate for community pharmacies to be selling and recommending rapid virus antibody test...
Four in 10 virus-infected pharmacists believe they caught it at work: PDA
Four in 10 community pharmacists who caught Covid-19 believe that they contracted the virus it at their workplace, a latest survey has revealed.
A survey...
Various strengths of Mirtazapine, Metronidazole, and Ketotifen face supply disruption
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Mirtazapine 15mg and 45mg orodispersible tablets.
Mirtazapine 15mg orodispersible tablets...
DHSC issues supply notification for five different contraceptives
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply disruption notification for oral contraceptive tablets of various brands.
The following oral...
Defect information notice issued for Ibuprofen tablets of Aspar
The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class four medicines defect information notice for Ibuprofen 200mg and 400mg tablets of Aspar Pharmaceuticals.
The...
MHRA issues defect information notice for Trimogal tablets
The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class four medicines defect information notice for Trimogal 100mg and 200mg tablets of...
Early human trial of Oxford uni vaccine shows promise; PM Johnson says ‘we’re not there yet’
AstraZeneca’s experimental Covid-19 vaccine was safe and produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials in healthy volunteers, data showed on Monday (July 20).
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University of East Anglia first in UK to offer accredited course for pharmacy technicians
The University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich has become the first UK higher education institute to offer an accredited course for pharmacy technicians.
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