Revisiting 2023: a look back at the year in pharmacy In this episode, The PJ team take a look back at 2023 in pharmacy before sharing their predictions for the year ahead.…
EMA publishes first list of “critical medicines” to avoid potential shortages A list of more than 200 active substances considered critical for healthcare systems across the EU has been published by the European Medicines Agency.…
Smoking cessation medicine cytisine to be available in January 2024, distributor confirms Exclusive: Cytisine was approved for use in the UK by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in March 2019, but no supplies have been previously available.…
Around 85% of patients on ADHD medication have been affected by shortages, survey indicates A survey by ADHD UK showed that 27% of respondents received no supply of their ADHD medication, 33% had faced “long gaps” and 25% had experienced “short gaps” in the supply of their drugs.…
Medicine pricing agreement will double annual growth in cost of branded drugs sold to the NHS Under the 'Voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing, access and growth', the annual allowed rate of growth in sales will rise to 4% by 2027.…
UK government denies levy scheme for branded medicines is causing shortages The British Generic Manufacturers Association has argued that the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access rebate rate is a “key factor” behind a rise in shortages of branded generic medicines.…
HRT prescribing increased by almost half in one year, NHS figures show Data show that 10.9 million hormone replacement therapy items were prescribed in England in 2022/2023, up from 7.4 million items in 2021/2022.…
European regulator launches ‘solidarity mechanism’ to tackle critical medicines shortages The voluntary mechanism will allow EU member states to support each other in the event of a critical medicines shortage.…
Medicines shortages experienced by 95% of hospital pharmacists across Europe, survey finds Hospital pharmacists across 58 countries reported that medicines shortages had delayed or cancelled care.…
Shortage of scabies treatment ‘likely to become a major public health issue’ The government has issued a medicine supply notification warning that permethrin 5% w/w cream will be “in limited supply until further notice due to an increase in demand”.…
