Exclusive deal for Boots as sildenafil becomes P medicine Boots UK strikes two-week deal with Pfizer to exclusively sell sildenafil over the counter after its reclassification from a prescription-only medicine to a pharmacy medicine.…
Sildenafil to be reclassified to P medicine Sildenafil is to be formally reclassified from a prescription only medicine to a pharmacy medicine, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has announced.…
MHRA expresses concerns over drugs sold online The Medicines Healthcare products and Regulatory Agency has met with the National Pharmacy Association to discuss concerns that community pharmacies are breaching legislation covering the online sale and supply of medicines in the UK.…
Dovonex psoriasis ointment now available without prescription Dovonex psoriasis ointment (50mg/g) will now be available through pharmacies without a prescription following approval by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.…
MHRA recommends that sildenafil is made available over the counter in the UK Sildenafil — the prescription-only medicine branded as Viagra for the treatment of erectile dysfunction — could become a pharmacy (P) medicine if government proposals go ahead.…
New Zealand pharmacists will soon be able to dispense OTC oral contraception Pharmacists in New Zealand will soon be able to dispense certain types of oral contraceptive to women without a prescription.…
OTC domperidone will be missedThe antiemetic domperidone’s reclassification shows the importance of pharmacovigilance, but the loss of such a useful over-the-counter medicine ought to have been better communicated to community pharmacies.…
