Medicine Shortages

Exclusive: The use of SSPs is rising rapidly according to data released under the Freedom of Information Act. 

A representative for UK drug manufacturers has told MPs that Brexit negotiators must reach a deal to prevent supply chain chaos. 

Pharmacy contractors are reporting that wholesaler prices for paracetamol have risen substantially in recent weeks.

BGMA director general Warwick Smith has defended the concessionary drug price system.

"A number of pharmacies" are making incorrectly endorsed claims for medicines dispensed through the shortage protocols.

Pharmacists have been granted powers to dispense an “alternative strength or pharmaceutical form” of fluoxetine.

Several HRT suppliers are putting “demand management processes” in place in the wake of acute stock shortages.

Teva has warned that shortages of the epilepsy drug will last a month long longer than previously expected.