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Pharmacists ‘concerned’ over medicine shortages

Pharmacists have sounded the alarm over medicine shortages, with half believing patients have been put at risk, according to a survey. A poll of 1,562 UK pharmacists for the Pharmaceutical Journal found that more than half (54%) believed patients ...

11 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Pharmacies could save NHS £640m a year by providing more minor ailments services

Community pharmacies could save the NHS in England up to £640 million a year if more patients used them instead of GPs, sector representatives have said. The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) estimates that around 40 million ...

28 Feb 2022 at 01:25

City

GSK strikes deal to buy US vaccine firm Affinivax

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to buy US vaccine technology firm Affinivax in deal worth up to 3.3 billion dollars (£2.6 billion). It comes as the UK pharmaceutical business seeks to bolster its vaccine operation as part of a shake-up of ...

31 May 2022 at 11:21

City

Firms fined £35m for colluding in drug supply to NHS

Five firms have been fined more than £35 million by the competition watchdog for colluding to restrict the supply of an anti-nausea tablet, sending costs to the NHS soaring by 700%. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said drugs ...

03 Feb 2022 at 09:25

City

Fund manager Abrdn drops from FTSE 100 in reshuffle

Fund management giant Abrdn and home improvements firm Howden Joinery have been relegated from the FTSE 100 index of London’s biggest listed companies. It comes as the FTSE Russell Group confirmed the results for its latest quarterly ...

31 Aug 2022 at 20:59

Educate children on how to use NHS – top pharmacist

Children should be educated from a young age about how to use the NHS appropriately, a top pharmacist has said. In a bid to reduce the number of people who turn up at A&E unnecessarily, people have been urged to make sure they are ...

09 Jan 2023 at 11:41

City

AstraZeneca targets doubling revenue to 80 billion dollars by end of decade

AstraZeneca has announced plans to nearly double its revenue to 80 billion dollars (£62.8 billion) by 2030, ahead of a landmark investor meeting for the pharmaceutical giant. The FTSE 100 company will launch 20 new medicines over ...

21 May 2024 at 11:05

Six-monthly injection could replace daily tablets for people with high blood pressure

High blood pressure could be treated with an injection every six months instead of a daily tablet as part of a new trial into the condition. Scientists are testing the approach in what they said is a world first in how ...

27 Apr 2022 at 01:25

World

Shkreli ordered to return 64 million dollars and barred from drug industry

A US judge has ordered Martin Shkreli to return 64.6 million US dollars (£47 million) in profits he and his company reaped from inflating the price of a life-saving drug and barred him from participating in the ...

14 Jan 2022 at 20:55

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Medicine shortages increase with hay fever products unavailable as pollen rises

Medicine shortages remain 'stubbornly high' in Ireland with a number of 'critical medicines' unavailable along with over 10 hay fever treatments as the pollen count increases. The number of medicines currently ...

15 May 2023 at 21:33

‘Near-automatic sign off’ – Hunt pledges £10m to speed up access to new drugs

New drugs could get “near automatic” sign off for use in the UK under plans to enter new partnerships with other international drugs regulators. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced that £10 million is to be ...

15 Mar 2023 at 18:46

Pharmacists sound the alarm over medicine supply issues

Pharmacy leaders have raised concerns that patients could be coming to harm as a result of medicine supply issues. A new poll found that almost nine in 10 (87%) believe that patient health was being put ...

13 Apr 2023 at 00:01

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