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Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Briviact 75mg & 100mg film-coated tablets (Ethigen Limited) Drug alert number: EL (23)A/13 Date issued: 30 March 2023 The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class 4 medicines defect information notice for: Briviact 75 mg film-coated tablets,  PLPI 18716/0146  SNOMED Code: 37622711000001100 Batch number Expiry date [...]

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today (30/03/2023) granted the following list of price concessions for March 2023. Drug Pack size Price concession Bicalutamide 150mg tablets 28 £3.96 Cefalexin 250mg tablets 28 £2.86 Cefalexin 500mg capsules 21 £2.80 Cefalexin 500mg tablets 21 £2.80 Cinnarizine 15mg tablets 84 £5.70 Clarithromycin 125mg/5ml oral suspension 70 [...]

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Following applications made by PSNC to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), a further 25 new products were classed as ‘Drugs for which Discount is Not Deducted’ (DND) from 1 April 2023. This took the total number of products granted DND status to over 600 products following checks [...]

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Following representations from PSNC, the Department of Health of Social Care (DHSC) has re-determined the special container status of Colesevelam 625mg tablets. From April 2023, the listing in Part VIII of the Drug Tariff has been updated to reflect the change in special container status as it meets the relevant criteria as set out in Part [...]

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NHS England has announced that the way some Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) GP referrals are sent by the EMIS PharmRefer product is changing. From 29th March 2023 (today), community pharmacies using CPCS solutions from Cegedim Healthcare Solutions, Positive Solutions or Sonar Informatics won’t access those GP CPCS referrals through PharmOutcomes. Instead, referrals from GPs [...]

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