Monthly Archives: August 2024

Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Ponstan 250mg Capsules & 500mg Tablets (Chemidex Pharma Ltd) Drug alert number: EL (24)A/340 Date issued: 27 August 2024 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Ponstan 250mg Capsules & 500mg Tablets (Chemidex Pharma Ltd) Company name: Chemidex Pharma Ltd [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Isosorbide mononitrate 60mg modified-release tablets and capsules. MSN/2024/092 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 17th September 2024 Chemydur® 60XL tablets are out of stock until late September 2024. Monomax® XL 60mg tablets are out of stock until early October [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has today released a national report confirming the severe financial pressures putting community pharmacies at risk of closure, threatening patient care and access to services across England. The Pharmacy Pressures Survey 2024: Funding and Profitability Report sets out what pharmacy owners and their teams have told us about the depths of the [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Creon® Micro Pancreatin 60.12mg gastro-resistant granules MSN/2024/089 Tier 3 high impact Date of issue: 23rd August 2024 Creon® Micro Pancreatin 60.12mg gastro-resistant granules are in limited supply until late September 2024. Creon® 10,000 gastro-resistant capsules are in limited supply into primary [...]

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Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (23/08/2024) announced the following list of price concessions for August 2024: Community Pharmacy England and DHSC are still working to finalise concessionary prices for Apixaban tablets. We will share [...]

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