UK to supply millions of PPE to frontline healthcare staff
Millions of personal protection equipment (PPE) will be delivered to frontline health and social care workers treating coronavirus patients, the government has said.
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MHRA recalls Epistatus 10ml Oromucosal Solution
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class two medicines recall for multi-dose bottles of Epistatus (Midazolam) 10mg/ml oromucosal solution...
DHSC reclassifies 21 products as special containers
The Department of Health of Social Care (DHSC) has announced that 21 products now meet the special container criteria.
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UK Covid-19 death toll hits 51,766
The UK Covid-19 death toll hit 51,766 on Tuesday (June 9), according to a Reuters tally of official data sources that confirmed the country's...
GPhC advises pharmacy teams to comply if asked by contact tracers to self-isolate
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has advised pharmacy teams to self-isolate if asked to do so by the contact tracers to "protect themselves, their colleagues...
Over half of pregnant women in hospital due to coronavirus were from BAME backgrounds: study
More than half the number of pregnant women who were admitted to UK hospitals with coronavirus were from a black, Asian or minority ethnic...
People should wear face-coverings when visiting community pharmacies: RPS
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has called for consistency in the use of face coverings across primary care and hospitals to "provide maximum protection from the...
Lockdowns may have averted three million deaths in Europe by curbing COVID-19, researchers say
Wide-scale lockdowns including shop and school closures have reduced COVID-19 transmission rates in Europe enough to control its spread and may have averted more...
Lonza picks Roche top executive as CEO
Lonza Group on Friday (June 5) named a veteran Roche manager to become its new chief executive, as the Swiss contract drug manufacturer seeks...
AstraZeneca ‘on track’ to roll out virus vaccine in September
British pharma giant AstraZeneca is "on track" to begin rolling out up to two billion doses of a coronavirus vaccine in September if ongoing trials prove...
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