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Lloyds and Well will ‘prioritise’ locums who can give flu jabs
Lloydspharmacy needs to ensure it can offer a flu service that will “help protect as many people as possible this
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Zonisamide 100mg among final August price concessions
An initial nine price concessions were announced for the month on August 19. A further 16 items were added to the list
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Pharmacy worker wins £15k payout for age discrimination at work
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Superdrug launches pill pouches for NHS online repeat prescriptions
Existing Superdrug Online NHS Prescriptions customers and patients who are on multiple medications can sign up for the
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GPhC bumps pharmacy premises fees up to £365 from April 2021
The regulator decided to delay the introduction of the £103 increase until April 2021, after considering the pressures
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GPhC defends £103 premises fee increase for pharmacy
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has previously “covered some of the costs of the registration fees” for
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Watchdog raises concerns over GPhC's fitness to practise process
Concerns over the “transparency and fairness” of some of the fitness to practise processes were raised by the
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Pharmacy owner’s son jailed for dealing medicines
David Ihenagwa of Edmonton, north London, was found guilty of supplying class B and class C controlled drugs after
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Warn patients of fire risk from emollients, MHRA advises pharmacists
Patients who use emollient creams for conditions such as eczema, psoriasis and ichthyosis should therefore take
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Three manufacturers fined £2.3m for fludrocortisone price hike deal
Aspen has been fined £2,101,954 and Tiofarma £186,442 for breaking competition law to keep the price of fludrocortisone
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COVID-19: MHRA asks pharmacies to stop selling finger-prick tests
The request, made by the MHRA last week (May 29), has prompted Lloydspharmacy to remove the home sampling kits it
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Superdrug launches COVID-19 antibody test
The COVID-19 antibody home sampling kit, which costs £69 and is on sale from today (May 20), analyses a blood sample
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Three manufacturers fined £2.3m for fludrocortisone price hike deal
Aspen has been fined £2,101,954 and Tiofarma £186,442 for breaking competition law to keep the price of fludrocortisone
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Strivit-D3 range for vitamin D deficiency available in three strengths
The Strivit-D3 range is available in soft gel capsules in 800 IU (equivalent to 20 micrograms of vitamin D3), 3,200 IU
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GSK launches PiriNatural saline nasal spray for allergies
Launched in April, the PiriNatural spray can help reduce nasal congestion caused by allergies by cleaning and washing
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Strides Pharma UK’s cholecalciferol combats vitamin D deficiency
The Strivit-D3 range is available in soft gel capsules in 800 IU (equivalent to 20 micrograms of vitamin D3), 3,200 IU
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