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Following representations made by Community Pharmacy England on behalf of community pharmacy owners, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has redetermined the April 2025 reimbursement prices for the following products, to reflect an increase in their NHS list prices. To avoid pharmacy owners dispensing these products at a loss, DHSC has agreed to grant [...]

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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Simvastatin 10mg Tablet (Crescent Pharma Ltd) Date issued: 03 July 2025 Drug Alert Number: EL(25)A/33 Crescent Pharma Limited has informed the MHRA of an error with the European Article Number (EAN) barcode on the cartons of a batch of simvastatin 10 mg Tablets distributed by Alliance Healthcare UK. DMRC reference [...]

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Community Pharmacy England recently announced that consultation fees for the Hypertension Case-Finding Service (HCFS) and the Pharmacy Contraception Service (PCS) are to be included in the advance payments issued to pharmacy owners by the NHS Business Services Authority. The first service fee advance was received on 12 May (for activity completed in April 2025) and [...]

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MHRA Class 3 Medicines Recall: Omeprazole 20 mg/15 ml Oral Solution (Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Europe Ltd) Drug Alert Number: EL(25)A/30 Date issued: 30 June 2025 Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Europe Ltd is recalling a specific batch of Omeprazole Oral Solution as a precautionary measure due to an investigation following a customer complaint indicating precipitation and discoloration of the product [...]

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Following representations from Community Pharmacy England, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has re-determined that the following products will be granted special container status from 1 July 2025. Generic drug name (dm+d descriptor) Brand and/or Manufacturer Pack size Special container Betaxolol 0.25% eye drops 0.25ml unit dose preservative free Betoptic® 0.25% eye drops [...]

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