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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 (31/03/2025) announced the following final list of price concessions for March 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Ascorbic acid 500mg tablets 28 £36.08 Captopril 50mg tablets 56 £23.50 [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Apraclonidine (Iopidine®) 5mg/ml (0.5%) eye drops.  MSN/2025/018 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 27th March 2025 Apraclonidine (Iopidine®) 5mg/ml (0.5%) eye drops are out of stock until early September 2025. Limited supplies of parallel imported apraclonidine (Iopidine®) 5mg/ml (0.5%) [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Levofloxacin 250mg and 500mg tablets MSN/2025/017 Tier 2 medium impact Date of issue: 27th March 2025 Levofloxacin 250mg tablets are in limited supply until late April 2025 Levofloxacin 500mg tablets are in limited supply until late May 2025. Alternative antibiotics remain [...]

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The following price concessions granted in February 2025 have rolled over to March 2025: Drug Pack size March 2025 price concession Calamine lotion 200 £1.78 Colestyramine 4g oral powder sachets 50 £15.95 Nitrazepam 5mg tablets 28 £1.70 Rizatriptan 10mg orodispersible tablets sugar free 3 £8.18 Please note any rolled over prices can be adjusted upwards [...]

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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 (05/03/2025) announced the following final list of price concessions for February 2025: Drug Pack size Price concession Desmopressin 240microgram sublingual tablets sugar free 30 £36.32 Paracetamol 500mg effervescent [...]

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