Pharmacy2U purchase of LloydsDirect given go ahead by competition regulator The Competition and Markets Authority announced it was investigating the acquisition in December 2023.…
Competition regulator investigates Pharmacy2U purchase of LloydsDirect The Competition and Markets Authority is investigating the acquisition of LloydsDirect by Pharmacy2U while it considers whether the merger could lead to "a substantial lessening of competition" in markets in the UK.…
Pharmacy2U joins the Company Chemists’ Association In a statement, the Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) said Pharmacy2U “is strongly aligned with the CCA's mission of enabling community pharmacy evolution”.…
Online pharmacies are eight times more likely to fail regulatory standards, data show Exclusive: Investigation reveals how some online pharmacies are repeatedly prescribing large amounts of opioids and z-drugs, in one case using an accountant to approve medicine orders.…
Online pharmacy boom prompts concern over patient safety As the demand for online pharmacies continues to grow — following a boost from the COVID-19 pandemic — regulators are scrambling for full control over the safety of the services they provide.…
Online pharmacy dispensing quadruples in five years, NHS data show According to data from the NHS Business Services Authority, distance-selling pharmacies dispensed 52,930,116 items in 2021, up 301% from the 13,190,131 items dispensed in 2016.…
Misuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugs to obtain illicit highs: how pharmacists can prevent abuse An overview of the range of medicines that are being misused, diverted, or recorded on websites reporting new trends and experimentations of drug abuse for recreational purposes and how pharmacists can detect, understand and prevent drug diversion activities and drug-misuse adverse ef…
NOW EXTENDED: A brave new world? Share your ideas on post-pandemic pharmacy in our writing competition Flex your creative skills and enter our annual writing competition this year.…
Pharmacy2U ‘mega facility’ refused inclusion on pharmaceutical list by NHS litigation arm Pharmacy2U’s application to include its new Leicester ‘mega facility’ on the pharmaceutical list has been refused by the NHS’s litigation arm.…
Amazon applies for UK ‘Amazon Pharmacy’ trademark E-commerce and technology giant Amazon has applied for a UK trademark for the term Amazon Pharmacy.…