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With New Year’s Day (1 January 2024) occurring in the first five days of the FP34C submission window, pharmacy owners will have an extra day, until the end of 6 January 2024, to submit their December FP34Cs using the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal and to dispatch their prescription bundle to the relevant pricing division [...]

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The Drug Tariff Preface published monthly lists additions, deletions and other changes to products listed in the Drug Tariff. Below is a summary of the changes coming into effect from 1 January 2024. Key g Special container – This product is a special container and should be dispensed in its complete original pack size. n Item [...]

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Drug alert number: EL (23)A/44 Date issued: 14 December 2023 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 3 medicines recall for: Posaconazole Biocon 100mg Gastro-resistant Tablets (Biocon Pharma UK Limited) PL 50674/0011 SNOMED Code: N/A Batch Number Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed BF22004504 Dec-2024 12 x 8 27th April [...]

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National Patient Safety Alert: Potential for inappropriate dosing of insulin when switching insulin degludec (Tresiba®) products National Patient Safety Alert Reference Number: NatPSA/2023/016/DHSC Date issued: 8th December 2023 Brief description of the problem A Medicine Supply Notification issued on 24 May 2023, detailed a shortage of Tresiba® (insulin degludec) FlexTouch® 100units/ml solution for injection 3ml [...]

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National Patient Safety Alert: Potential contamination of some carbomer-containing lubricating eye products with Burkholderia cenocepacia – measures to reduce patient risk National Patient Safety Alert Reference Number: NatPSA/2023/01 Date issued: 7th December 2023 Brief description of the problem UKHSA is investigating an outbreak of Burkholderia cenocepacia involving individuals across the UK. This is an emerging [...]

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