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Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Cipla (UK) Limited and Pharmathen S.A – Various Products Drug alert number:EL (23)A/24 Date issued: 13 July 2023 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Cipla (UK) Limited and Pharmathen S.A – Various Products Company name: Cipla (EU) Limited, [...]

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Email addresses for the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) are changing. For pharmacy teams this means that some of the email addresses previously used to contact NHS Prescription Services will no longer work. There will be a small transition period where emails sent to the old address will be automatically forwarded. This ends on Tuesday [...]

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Drug alert number: EL(23)A/21 Date issued: 3 July 2023 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 3 medicines recall for: Sildenafil 100mg Film-coated Tablets (Strandhaven Limited T/A Somex Pharma) – PL 15764/0043 SNOMED Code: 326715008 Batch No Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed ET22028 02/2025 4 tablets* 16.01.2023 *Mislabelled packs [...]

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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 May 2023. 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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The Government has today (June 15th) announced that all those aged 60 and over will remain eligible for exemption from the NHS prescription charge. Today’s announcement is the official response to a 2021 public consultation that recommended raising the free prescription threshold to meet the state pension age at age 66. As well as keeping [...]

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