PDA swamped with calls from concerned pharmacists after LloydsPharmacy announced restructuring plans
The Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) Union says it's been inundated with contacts from concerned pharmacists at LloydsPharmacy after the multiple announced its restructuring plans...
Pharma giants invest heavily in antibiotic research
Antibiotic resistance has the potential to cause a global health crisis far worse than Covid-19, a group of global pharmaceutical companies warned Thursday (July...
Supply alert for Intal CFC-free 5mg inhaler
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply disruption alert for Sanofi's sodium cromoglicate (Intal) CFC-free 5mg inhalers.
These inhalers...
Supply alert for Pregaday tablets
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply alert for Recipharm's ferrous fumarate 322mg and folic acid 350mcg tablets.
The...
‘Scrap VAT rate applied to sunscreen products’
Co-op Midcounties has urged the government to exempt sunscreen products from value added tax (VAT).
The consumer co-operative has written to the government to reclassify...
Atif Saddiq to lead RPS’s advisory group for younger pharmacists
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)'s has appointed Atif Saddiq to chair its Early Careers Pharmacist Advisory Group on a three-year term.
Saddiq, a portfolio pharmacist...
BREAKING: Boots will cut more than 4,000 jobs, but plans exclude pharmacists
Boots has announced that it's planning to cut more than 4,000 jobs as part of a major shake-up to mitigate the "significant impact" of...
Indian, US researchers plan ‘joint clinical trials’ of Ayurvedic formulations against Covid-19
Researchers in India and the US could soon initiate “joint clinical trials” for Ayurvedic formulations against the novel coronavirus, a top Indian diplomat has...
Video consultation extended to pharmacy in Wales
Welsh government on Tuesday (July 7) extended video consultation services to community pharmacies, dental practices and opticians.
The latest move by the minister for Health...
PSNC kicks off formal talks with government on Covid-19 funding for pharmacy
The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committe (PSNC) has just announced that it has begun discussions with government on what it called "high-level community pharmacy costs...
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