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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Fiasp® FlexTouch® (insulin aspart) 100units/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens. MSN/2024/027 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 4th March 2024 Fiasp® FlexTouch® (insulin aspart) 100units/ml pre-filled pens will be out of stock from April 2024 until January 2025. [...]

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From 1st March 2024, an additional fixed out-of-pocket expense payment of £50 will be automatically applied to NHS prescriptions for Cefuroxime 5% eye drops preservative free (a non-Drug Tariff special). Due to the unique temperature-controlled transport and storage requirements of Cefuroxime 5% eye drops preservative free, significant delivery and handling charges are generally incurred by [...]

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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 (29/02/2024) announced the following final list of price concessions for February 2024. Drug Pack size Price concession Aripiprazole 10mg tablets 28 £9.53 Aripiprazole 15mg tablets 28 £9.69 Aripiprazole [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Midazolam (Epistatus®) 5mg/0.5ml oromucosal solution pre-filled oral syringes. MSN/2024/025 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 27th February 2024 Midazolam (Epistatus®) 5mg/0.5ml oromucosal solution pre-filled oral syringes are currently out of stock. Resupply date of this product is to be [...]

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Eli Lilly and Company Ltd has recently launched Mounjaro® (tirzepatide), a new diabetes drug which is also indicated for the treatment of weight loss. Mounjaro® comes in a KwikPen® or auto-injector pre-filled injection pen containing 2.5mg, 5mg, 7.5mg, 10mg, 12.5mg and 15mg of tirzepatide. Currently, only the 2.5mg and 5mg strengths of the KwikPen® are [...]

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