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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 June 2025. Generic drug name (dm+d descriptor) Brand and/or Manufacturer Pack size Special container Carmellose 1% eye drops 0.4ml unit dose preservative free Celluvisc® 1% eye drops [...]

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MHRA Class 2 Medicines Notification: Mercaptopurine 50mg Tablets (Aspen Pharma Trading Limited) Drug alert number: EL(25)A/23 Date issued: 22 May 2025 Aspen Pharma Trading Limited is recalling a specific batch of Mercaptopurine 50mg tablets as a precautionary measure due to microbial contamination following a small number of complaints of discoloured tablets within the packs, identified [...]

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Pharmacy teams should be aware that the brand Nystan® 100,000units/ml oral suspension (ready mixed) (Vygoris Ltd) 30 ml has been discontinued and is no longer available for community pharmacies to order. Zydus Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd has introduced a generic version of Nystatin 100,000units/ml oral suspension, which is available to order from wholesalers. Please note, where [...]

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MHRA Class 2 Medicines Notification: BD ChloraPrep Clear – 1mL Applicator (Becton Dickinson UK Ltd) Drug alert number: EL(25)A/22 Date issued: 19 May 2025 Becton Dickinson UK Ltd has informed the MHRA that some units exhibit an open seal on the packaging of the applicator. This defect could increase the risk of the applicator device [...]

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Pharmacy teams can help to raise awareness by displaying posters in their pharmacy to remind patients about the savings they can make with prepayment certificates (PPCs). PPCs offer savings for those needing multiple prescription items or when a patient is prescribed a listed HRT medicine. The cost of each type of PPC has been frozen for [...]

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