Regulators

Safety review launched into anti-epileptic medicine topiramate over fears of harm to unborn children

The review was prompted by study results that showed there was a two- to four-fold increased risk of developmental disorders or learning difficulties in children exposed to topiramate before birth.…

Gisela Abbam: ‘Online pharmacy is causing quite a lot of concern’

The newly appointed chair of the General Pharmaceutical Council discusses the issues facing the pharmacy regulator.…

Pharmacy regulator to anonymise fitness-to-practise investigations as safeguard against racial bias

Owing to overrepresentation of individuals from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds in fitness-to-practise cases, the General Pharmaceutical Council will redact information relating to ethnicity in case papers.…

Candidates delayed by more than half an hour in registration exam can join provisional register, says GPhC 

The regulator said candidates affected by "procedural error" during the June 2022 registration exam would be accepted for provisional registration.…

Candidates affected by registration assessment delays will be added to provisional register

Affected trainees will be on the register until February 2023 to allow them to take the next sitting of the assessment in November 2022.…

Foundation trainees struggle to take registration exam after ‘technical issues’ cause delays

The General Pharmaceutical Council said it was “extremely sorry" for the severe delays experienced by candidates in Nottingham.…

MHRA to consider evidence on transgenerational effects of sodium valproate

The regulator has asked the Commission on Human Medicines to look at data showing the transgenerational effects of sodium valproate in mice.…

Always say ‘sorry’ when things go wrong, advises pharmacy regulator

New guidance advises that candour is a fundamental part of pharmacy professional practice.…

Almost 15% of MPharm students leave course after first year in 2020/2021

Exclusive: General Pharmaceutical Council data have revealed 14.6% of MPharm students did not start their second year in 2020/2021.…

Pharmacy regulator in talks over using registration exam as final assessment for apprentices

Exclusive: The Institute for Apprenticeships is holding discussions with the General Pharmaceutical Council over a proposal to use the registration assessment as the end point for the proposed pharmacy degree apprenticeship.…