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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 (18/07/2023) announced the following list of price concessions for July 2023: Drug Pack size Price concession Atorvastatin 40mg tablets 28 £2.25 Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment 4 £5.18 Clarithromycin [...]

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National Patient Safety Alert: Shortage of GLP-1 receptor agonists National Patient Safety Alert Reference Number: NatPSA/2023/008/DHSC Date issued: 18th July 2023 Brief description of the problem There are very limited, intermittent supplies of all glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs). Supplies are not expected to stabilise to meet full market demand until at least mid-2024.  [...]

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Date issued: 13 July 2023 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 2 medicines recall for: Sabril 500 mg film-coated tablets & Sabril 500 mg granules for oral solution. Sabril 500 mg film-coated tablets Pl 04425/0171 Batch number Expiry date Pack size First distributed 2989A April 2025 100 02/08/22 2988D [...]

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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 (our members), the Department has today (13/07/2023) announced the following initial list of price concessions for July 2023: Drug Pack size Price concession Amisulpride 100mg tablets 60 £18.15 Atorvastatin 10mg tablets 28 [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Testosterone (Tostran®) 2% gel. MSN/2023/064 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue 4th July 2023 Testosterone (Tostran®) 2% gel is out of stock with no confirmed resupply date. Testavan® and Testogel® remain available and will be able to support increased [...]

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