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Community Pharmacy England has become aware of a discrepancy in the pack size listings for Xarelto® (Rivaroxaban) 1mg/ml granules for oral suspension. This suspension is currently marketed in 100ml and 250ml pack sizes by Bayer Plc. However, these volumes represent the actual bottle sizes and not the final reconstituted volumes of the product. This may create confusion [...]

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Drug alert number: EL (23)A/34 Date issued: 5 September 2023 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 3 medicines recall for: Evorel Sequi (Theramex HQ UK Ltd) PL 49105/0010 SNOMED Code: 3217311000001104 Batch Number Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed 6029403 July 2024 8 patches 13th June 2023 Active Pharmaceutical [...]

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Following the introduction of the Hormone Replacement Therapy Prescription Prepayment Certificate (HRT PPC), the FP57 receipt and refund claim form has been updated. The new FP57 form is now available to order, however, there will be a period of transition where pharmacies can continue to use the older versions of the FP57s forms until stocks run [...]

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Community Pharmacy England would like to remind pharmacy teams of the importance of submitting the FP34C declaration through the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal no later than the 5th of each month (or the 6th where a bank holiday occurs during the first five days of the month) following that in which supply was made. [...]

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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 August 2023. Key g Special container – This product is a special container and should be dispensed in its complete original pack size. n [...]

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