Regulators approve Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for use in the UK The mRNA vaccine developed by Moderna is the third COVID-19 vaccine to be authorised for supply in the UK.…
Government signs up ‘hundreds’ of community pharmacies to deliver COVID-19 vaccines, says prime minister The government has signed up “hundreds” of community pharmacies to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine to patients, the prime minister has said.…
COVID-19 vaccinations will be provided in ‘local pharmacies’, Welsh health minister says People in Wales will be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccination from their “local GP practice or pharmacy”, Vaughn Gething, the Welsh health minister, has said.…
Pharmacy technicians told they can administer Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine under government protocol Pharmacy technicians in England are able to administer the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the Association of Pharmacy Technicians has said.…
Community pharmacy-led vaccination sites to start administering COVID-19 vaccines from 11 January 2021 COVID-19 vaccination sites led by community pharmacies will start administering vaccines to patients in England from the week beginning 11 January 2021, NHS England has said.…
Ten things pharmacists should know about COVID-19 vaccines Work towards a COVID-19 vaccine is progressing rapidly and new information is emerging every day. Here we aim to summarise the most important details of COVID-19 vaccine development from a pharmacy perspective.…
Gillian Leng: ‘COVID-19 has been a strain, but also an opportunity’ The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s new chief executive, Gillian Leng, took the helm in April 2020. She speaks to us about what lessons the organisation has taken away from the past year.…
Second COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in the UK The UK’s COVID-19 vaccination programme will be expanded following the approval of a second vaccine, the government has said.…
I’ve had my Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, and here’s why my pharmacist colleagues should too Community pharmacist and pharmacy teacher Chaohui Wang was anxious about having her vaccine, but here’s why she feels reassured by the science supporting it.…
Top five infographics of 2020I’m sure it will come as no surprise that The Pharmaceutical Journal’s most-read infographics this year take a look at COVID-19.…