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Pharma companies fined £70m for ramping up phenytoin prices 2,500%

Pfizer and Flynn must face the consequences, says markets watchdog

21 Jul 2022

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MHRA announces ‘landmark’ POM to P switch for Gina 10mcg tablets

The product will be available following a consultation with a pharmacist.

20 Jul 2022

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Boots offers £7k prescribing training to 500 pharmacists

Multiple says it wants a prescribing pharmacist in each of its stores.

19 Jul 2022

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Medicines-related hospital admissions higher than previously thought

Liverpool researchers found adverse reactions contributed to 16 per cent of admissions

15 Jul 2022

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Creating the next generation of female pharmacy leaders

The co-founders of the Female Pharmacy Leaders Network want to inspire more women to seek leadership roles

15 Jul 2022

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Interview: Supplying medicines to Ukraine

PDA chairman Mark Koziol is just back from Ukraine, where he accompanied the first consignment of urgently needed medicines in a pharmacist-led programme

15 Jul 2022

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GPhC to start anonymising FtP cases in October to tackle discrimination

Certain information about registrants will be redacted from files presented to investigating committee.

14 Jul 2022

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Patients going without prescriptions in inflation crisis, warns NPA

Renewed calls to scrap the prescription charge amid cost of living crisis.

11 Jul 2022

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GPhC exam: Anyone affected by ‘procedural errors’ can get provreg status

Concerns around noise, freezing computers and delays will all be considered – but not cheating.

08 Jul 2022

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Govt ‘working with NHS to ensure fair pharmacy rents’

DH working with NHS Property Services on how it applies pharmacy rents, says Caulfield.

08 Jul 2022

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GPhC rejects claims that exam questions were unfair

Exam questions are linked to the framework 'without exception,' the regulator insists.

06 Jul 2022

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CPhO: I want community pharmacists to help manage long-term conditions

Webb pledges 'wholehearted support' to community pharmacies in NPA meeting.

05 Jul 2022

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Peak Pharmacy invests £20m to create hub and spoke facility

The chain said it wants to persuade independent pharmacies to join the facility once it is built.

05 Jul 2022

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GPhC: Exam candidates who fail may get provisional registration

GPhC to explore provreg status for affected candidates - but some say this could be unfair on others.

01 Jul 2022

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Boots: Flat pharmacy sales offset by 24% growth in retail business

WBA posts latest financials two days after announcing it will not sell Boots UK.

30 Jun 2022

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Northern Ireland to recognise pharmacy technicians as a profession

Health minister Swann begins work to bring PTs under professional regulation.

30 Jun 2022

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