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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 (15/10/2024) announced the following list of price concessions for October 2024: Drug Pack size Price concession Cefalexin 500mg capsules 21 £2.67 Chloramphenicol 0.5% eye drops 10 £2.90 Clarithromycin [...]

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MHRA Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Linezolid 600 mg film-coated tablets (Sandoz Ltd) Drug alert number: EL (24)A/48 Date issued: 10 October 2024 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Linezolid 600 mg film-coated tablets (Sandoz Ltd) Company name: Sandoz Ltd Product name: Linezolid 600 [...]

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Following representations made by Community Pharmacy England on behalf of community pharmacy owners, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has redetermined the September 2024 concessionary price for Metformin 500mg modified-release tablets: Drug Pack size Price concession Metformin 500mg modified-release tablets 56 £3.26 (previously £2.00) The improved price will apply to prescriptions submitted for [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Trandate® (labetalol) 50mg tablets MSN/2024/101 Tier 2 medium impact Date of issue: 7th October 2024 Trandate® (labetalol) 50mg tablets will be discontinued from July 2025. Alternative low dose beta-blockers remain available. Where these are not suitable, UK manufactured Specials of labetalol [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Torasemide 10mg tablets MSN/2024/098 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 2nd October 2024 Torasemide 10mg tablets are in limited supply until March 2025. Torasemide 5mg tablets remain available and can support a partial increase in demand. Alternative loop diuretics [...]

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