Graham Clews

News and Views Editor

Graham Clews is News and Views Editor at The Pharmaceutical Journal.

Decision to fine liothyronine supplier millions of pounds for price hikes upheld at tribunal

Fines of £84.2m have been imposed on Advanz Pharma and two former owners after a tribunal upheld the Competition and Markets Authority’s judgement that they had breached competition law.…

Change to flu vaccination programme start date ‘extremely frustrating’, say negotiators

Community Pharmacy England has said a delayed start date to the flu vaccination programme could affect patients who have booked an early jab, and pharmacies that have ordered vaccines based on the usual 1 September start date.…

Pharmacist vacancy rates double in one year in community pharmacy

Survey data also show a 15% decline in the number of full-time equivalent employed pharmacists.…

Integrated care boards should commission community pharmacy to deliver care on behalf of primary care networks, says CCA

In its report on the future of community pharmacy in England, the Company Chemists' Association said the move would "stabilise the community pharmacy workforce".…

Lecturer wins The Pharmaceutical Journal and RPS’s inaugural early-career researcher award

Victoria Speed, a senior anticoagulation pharmacist and clinical informatician, was also recognised as ‘highly commended’.…

Government proposes different levies for old and new products under statutory scheme

The Department of Health and Social Care has proposed changes to the statutory scheme for branded medicines pricing, including differing levy rates that are dependent on a product's age.…

The Pharmaceutical Journal wins at science writers awards

Senior features editor Dawn Connelly was awarded the prize for ‘Feature of the Year — Specialist’ for her feature on parosmia and long COVID.…

Claire Anderson re-elected as RPS president for a second term

Speaking at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Assembly meeting, Claire Anderson said she had decided to stand for president again to offer the Society “much needed continuity”.…

Refugee pharmacists in Wales could be offered new route to return to practice

In its workforce plan, Health Education and Improvement Wales has committed to "exploring the feasibility and priority" of creating a registration pathway for displaced pharmacy professionals with refugee status.…

Negotiators warn statin shortage is having ‘serious impact’ on pharmacies as price spikes

Pharmacy owners have reported “desperately trying to get hold of limited stock” of atorvastatin, while having to pay inflated prices for it, according to pharmacy bodies.…