Forth Valley community pharmacy network pilot to support children with life-shortening conditions
Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) and NHS Forth Valley are piloting an initiative involving pharmacists in a lead role to support babies, children and...
STADA appoints Wolfgang Ollig as Group CFO
STADA, parent company of Yorkshire based pharmaceutical company Thornton & Ross, named Wolfgang Ollig as its new Group Chief Financial Officer.
Ollig replaces Mark Keatley...
MHRA drug alert for Finasteride 5mg tablets
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) today issued a class 4 drug alert for 30 batches of Finasteride 5mg tablets.
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories...
AstraZeneca sells rights of five hypertension medicines to Atnahs
AstraZeneca has announced an agreement with Basildon-based Atnahs Pharma to sell global commercial rights of its established hypertension medicines.
Five medicines - Inderal (propranolol), Tenormin...
Lewes MP welcomes move to Pharmacy First model
Maria Caulfield, Conservative MP for Lewes, has welcomed the move to a Pharmacy First model implemented through the community pharmacist consultation service (CPCS).
Caulfield, who...
As medicine shortages are found to be a Europe-wide problem, NPA calls for urgent action
Medicines shortages are a growing problem in the UK as well as across Europe, a recent survey has revealed.
According to a Pharmaceutical Group of...
Government launches £140m AI award to fast-track innovation
The health secretary has launched a £140 million artificial intelligence (AI) award to fast-track life-saving innovation to the NHS.
Companies are being encouraged to bid...
RPS publishes a package of information for pharmacists on Wuhan coronavirus
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has put together a package of information to help pharmacists who are getting asked by patients about the Wuhan...
LloydsPharmacy’s new health check service gains momentum
LloydsPharmacy stores across the UK are now offering a new screening service that encourages patients to be more health aware.
The pharmacy chain says it's...
NICE rejects Spravato for treatment-resistant depression; J&J ‘deeply disappointed’
The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence today published a draft guidance for public consultation without recommending Johnson & Johnson's nasal spray medicine...
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