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MHRA Class 2 Medicines Notification: Mercaptopurine 50mg Tablets (Aspen Pharma Trading Limited) Drug alert number: EL(25)A/23 Date issued: 22 May 2025 Aspen Pharma Trading Limited is recalling a specific batch of Mercaptopurine 50mg tablets as a precautionary measure due to microbial contamination following a small number of complaints of discoloured tablets within the packs, identified [...]

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Pharmacy teams should be aware that the brand Nystan® 100,000units/ml oral suspension (ready mixed) (Vygoris Ltd) 30 ml has been discontinued and is no longer available for community pharmacies to order. Zydus Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd has introduced a generic version of Nystatin 100,000units/ml oral suspension, which is available to order from wholesalers. Please note, where [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Tolterodine 2mg and 4mg modified-release capsules MSN/2025/032 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 20th May 2025 Phenobarbital 15mg/5ml elixir (500ml) is out of stock until late June 2025. Specials of phenobarbital 15mg/5ml oral solution and phenobarbital 15mg/5ml oral suspension [...]

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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Tolterodine 2mg and 4mg modified-release capsules MSN/2025/031 Tier 2 – medium impact Date of issue: 20th May 2025 Tolterodine 2mg and 4mg modified-release (MR) capsules are in limited supply until mid-August and mid-September 2025, respectively. Tolterodine 1mg and 2mg immediate release [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has joined forces with the Taskforce for Lung Health to call for pharmacies to be given a bigger role in supporting lung health to improve respiratory health outcomes, enhance access to care, and ease winter pressures on the NHS. A new joint Action Plan to help prevent a future winter respiratory health [...]

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