Yearly Archives: 2024

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 (13/12/2024) announced the following initial list of price concessions for December 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Apixaban 2.5mg tablets 60 £3.02 Apixaban 5mg tablets 56 £2.90 Carbimazole [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Cefalexin 125mg/5ml and 250mg/5ml oral suspensions, sugar free MSN/2024/113 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 13th December 2024 Cefalexin 125mg/5ml and 250mg/5ml oral suspension (sugar free) are out of stock until mid-2025 Cefalexin 125mg/5ml and 250mg/5ml oral suspension (non [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Insulatard® (isophane insulin, human) Penfill® 100units/ml suspension for injection 3ml cartridges TO NOTE: This is the second of three MSNs covering discontinuations of Novo Nordisk insulin products (NovoRapid® FlexTouch®, Insulatard® Penfill® and all Levemir® presentations). A third MSN will provide clinical [...]

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A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 18 Issue 5 December 2024) has been published and includes articles on: Letters and medicine recalls sent to healthcare professionals in November 2024 To see th...