A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 18 Issue 5 December 2024) has been published and includes articles on: Letters and medicine recalls sent to healthcare professionals in November 2024 To see th...
Update 02/05/25 – The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has provided an update on the Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP) for Cefalexin 125mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free (SSP077) which was due to expire 02 May 2025 but has been further extended to Friday 1 August 2025. Community Pharmacy England’s in-house Drug Tariff and funding [...]
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has via its Central Alerting System (CAS) published a letter on 3 December 2024 advising that due to increasing flu levels in the community, Prescribers working in primary care may now prescribe, and community pharmacists may now supply antiviral medicines (oseltamivir and zanamivir) for the prophylaxis and [...]
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The following price concessions granted in November 2024 have rolled over to December 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Desloratadine 5mg tablets 30 £4.56 Travoprost 40micrograms/ml / timolol 5mg/ml eye drops 2.5 £10.59 Vardenafil 20mg tablets 4 £3.65 Please note any rolled over prices can be adjusted upwards if we receive reports from pharmacy owners [...]
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MHRA Class 3 Medicines Recall: Phenoxymethylpenicillin 250mg/5ml Oral Solution Sugar Free (Kent Pharma UK) Drug alert number: EL (24)A/60 Date issued: 3 December 2024 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 3 medicines recall notice for: Phenoxymethylpenicillin 250mg/5ml Oral Solution Sugar Free (Kent Pharma UK) DMRC reference number: DMRC-31179592 Company name: [...]
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