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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 (14/02/2025) announced the following initial list of price concessions for February 2025: Drug  Pack size Price concession Acamprosate 333mg gastro-resistant tablets 168 £21.65 Alendronic acid 70mg tablets* 4 [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Quetiapine 50mg, 150mg, 200mg, 300mg and 400mg modified-release tablets MSN/2025/006 Tier 2 medium impact Date of issue: 10th February 2025 There are supply constraints affecting quetiapine 50mg, 150mg, 200mg, 300mg and 400mg modified-release tablets (see supply summary table in Supporting information). [...]

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Drug alert number: EL (25)A/05 Date issued: 5 February 2025 CNX Therapeutics is recalling the batches listed in this notification as a precautionary measure due to a small number of packs that contain an additional tablet of Nitrofurantoin. The registered product is a capsule containing powder and two yellow tablets. Nitrofurantoin 100 mg Prolonged-Release capsules [...]

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The following price concessions granted in January 2025 have rolled over to February 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Alendronic acid 70mg tablets 4 £1.21 Prucalopride 2mg tablets 28 £10.00 Please note any rolled over prices can be adjusted upwards if we receive reports from pharmacy owners to indicate suppliers’ selling prices have increased. The [...]

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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 (31/01/2025) announced the following final list of price concessions for January 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Alendronic acid 70mg tablets 4 £1.21 Alfacalcidol 250nanogram capsules 30 £2.56 Amantadine [...]

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