AstraZeneca to make billion virus vaccine doses if tests succeed
AstraZeneca expects to be able to deliver a billion doses of a possible Covid-19 vaccine this year and next if tests are successful, adding...
How to Get Started with Pharmaceutical Distribution in the UK
Getting started with the distribution of a product can seem like a daunting task when first setting out on your first business venture. However,...
GSK joins hands with Mammoth for Covid-19 test
GlaxoSmithKline's consumer health unit has tied up with Mammoth Biosciences to develop a test that uses a technology commonly used in gene editing to...
DHSC releases first drug price concession list for May
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on Wednesday (May 20) granted price concession for 63 drugs in its first update for May...
Everyone with symptoms eligible for Covid-19 tests
The government has announced that anyone in the UK with symptoms of coronavirus is now eligible to book a test, ahead of the rollout...
UCL’s Ian Bates is new director at FIP
The International Pharmaceutical Federation has appointed Ian Bates as director of its Global Pharmaceutical Observatory (FIP-GPO).
From Thursday (May 21), he will direct the work...
SSP issued for Fluoxetine 40mg capsules
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP) following supply disruption of Fluoxetine 40mg capsules.
With effective from...
UK to have 25K virus tracing staff by June  Â
British prime minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday (May 20) the country will have 25,000 virus tracing staff recruited by June so the country can...
Not all pharmacies are required to open May 25 bank holiday, confirms NHSE&I
NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) has confirmed  ​that there would be no blanket requirement for all community pharmacies to open on the Spring...
Lockdown in API powerhouse Italy disrupted medicines supply chain: GlobalData
As the majority of drug contract manufacture in Italy is concentrated in regions worst hit by Covid-19, stringent lockdown measures in the country have...
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