Bill that could allow wider hub-and-spoke dispensing expected to become law in February 2021 Exclusive: The Medicines and Medical Devices Bill is expected to receive royal assent in February 2021.…
Organ donation law and transplantation management in the UK Pharmacists should be aware that the law around organ donation changed in England in May 2020 and will change in Scotland from March 2021, and should understand the implications this has on practice and for patients.…
Study finds no link between talcum powder and ovarian cancer A study by the US National Institute of Environmental Health Science has found no link between ovarian cancer use of talcum powder.…
Pharmacy incurs first ever UK data protection fine worth £275k A London pharmacy has been fined £275,000 for its “cavalier attitude to data protection”, having left 500,000 patient records in an unsecured location since at least May 2018.…
Hepatitis A and B vaccine added to export ban list The hepatitis A and B vaccine has been added to the list of medicines that cannot be parallel exported from the UK.…
Competition and Markets Authority accepts £8m from drug firm accused of price fixing The Competition and Markets Authority has accepted an offer of £8m to be paid to the NHS by a drug manufacturer as part of an agreement following allegations of anticompetitive behaviour and the supply of a prescription drug.…
Drug manufacturer offers to pay NHS £8m to resolve CMA allegations of anti-competitive behaviour A drug manufacturer has offered to pay the NHS £8m to resolve concerns around allegations of anti-competitive behaviour over the supply of a prescription drug.…
Pharmacy technicians may take on greater role in dispensing under government proposals Pharmacy technicians could play a bigger role in the dispensing process in community pharmacy under forthcoming government proposals, the Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed.…
CMA provisionally accuses Alliance Healthcare of breaking competition law over antibiotic supply A drug wholesaler and two drug supply companies have been accused by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) of deliberately keeping the cost of an antibiotic high, in breach of competition law.…
NPA chair who stepped aside during CMA investigation leaves association’s board The former chair of the National Pharmacy Association (NPA), who stepped aside during a competition law investigation into a company that lists him as a director, is to leave the NPA board.…
