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Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (18/03/2025) announced the following initial list of price concessions for March 2025: Drug  Pack size Price concession Alfuzosin 2.5mg tablets 60 £4.46 Bimatoprost 300micrograms/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye [...]

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Following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding medicine pricing issues reported by pharmacy owners, the Department has today (18/03/2025) announced the following initial list of price concessions for March 2025: Drug  Pack size Price concession Alfuzosin 2.5mg tablets 60 £4.46 Bimatoprost 300micrograms/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye [...]

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Drug alert number: EL (25)A/10 Date issued: 4 March 2025 Aspar Pharmaceuticals Limited have informed the MHRA of an error related to a batch of Boots Paracetamol 500 mg tablets (16s). The foil blister inside the carton incorrectly states ‘Aspirin 300 mg Dispersible Tablets’. The tablets are confirmed to be Paracetamol 500 mg tablets. Boots [...]

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MHRA Class 3 Medicines Recall: Glucophage® SR 500 mg, 750mg and 1000mg prolonged-release tablets (Bruno Farmaceutici SpA, Italy) PL: Parallel Imports from the Italian market Date issued: 20 February 2025 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 3 medicines recall notice for: Glucophage® SR 500mg, 750mg and 1000mg Prolonged-release Tablets [...]

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As part of our Funding & Reimbursement Shorts series, Community Pharmacy England’s in-house Drug Tariff and funding experts have created a new video providing guidance on Original Pack Dispensing (OPD) including how and when to apply the new +/-10% rules.   In this video, Gemma Hackett and Alisha Khatri from our Dispensing and Supply Team, discuss the topic [...]

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