PDA cancels national conference in coronavirus response
The PDA today announced that it will be cancelling four events including its national conference on account of the ongoing coronavirus situation.
The national conference...
GPhC launches guidance on getting medicines online
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), along with other healthcare regulators, today launched a new guide to help people access safe and right medicines or...
Parallel trade must continue after end of transition period, asserts BAEPD chief
The British Association of European Pharmaceutical Distributors (BAEPD) has said parallel pharmaceutical trade should continue beyond 31st December 2020, the end of the 11-month...
EXPLAINED: The logic behind Britain’s coronavirus ‘delay’ bet
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cautioned that more families will lose their loved ones to the coronavirus but has taken a distinctly different...
Mixed bag for retailers as coronavirus fears grow
A sign reading ‘hand sanitiser available here’ flaps in the wind outside a food shop in West Croydon.
Abid Budd who works at Savemore in...
West Lothian village gets second pharmacy
Blackburn in West Lothian, Scotland is set to welcome a second pharmacy.
“A further action within the Blackburn’s Future Plan that came from the consultation carried out...
NICE recommends new ‘cost-effective’ migraine drug
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) today recommended Teva’s migraine drug fremanezumab, sold under the brand name Ajovy, for NHS use.
The final...
ALERT: Dispensers advised to check Aripiprazole bottles for crystalline precipitate
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a Medicines Defect Information for Aripiprazole 1mg/ml Oral Solution by Mylan.
The regulator said Mylan UK...
SSPÂ takes effect for Fluoxetine 10mg tablets
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)Â has issued a Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP) for Fluoxetine 10mg tablets.
The move follows a significant disruption to the...
Thornton & Ross wins best campaign award
Thornton & Ross has won a prestigious industry award for one of its market-leading skin care products at the Pharma Intelligence OTC Marketing Awards, the company...
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