Children can be given oral solid dose antibiotics amid supply problems, NHS guidance says NHS guidance says whole doses of solid oral dosage forms can be used 'off label' in place of oral suspensions.…
Department of Health to begin ‘emergency review’ of community pharmacy services in Northern Ireland The review will aim to define the services that can be “reliably delivered this winter”, the Department of Health said.…
Fixing the UK’s medicines shortage crisis As the UK’s medicine shortage crisis rumbles on, continuing to put patients at risk, we take a closer look at the suspected roots of the issue to identify four ways the problems could be fixed.…
Don’t dismiss fears over switching generics, take it from two cancer ‘thrivers’ Ruth Edwards and Avril Chester share their experience of the impact medicines shortages can have on people who rely on long-term medicines after cancer treatment.…
Drug shortages linked with medication errors, study results suggest Data from the French Pharmacovigilance Database show that medication errors were identified in 11% of the 462 cases mentioning a drug shortage.…
Fragile medicines supply chain causing worst stock issues ‘in four years’, says wholesaler David McNicol, head of pharmacy sales at AAH Pharmaceuticals, put the "fragile" supply chain down to challenges in raw material availability.…
Shortage of active ingredient behind Gaviscon Infant supply issues, says manufacturer Exclusive: Reckitt said shortages of "key ingredient" medical grade sodium alginate has caused supply issues with the medicine.…
UK government is preparing guidance to help with type 2 diabetes medication supply issues Exclusive: Experts are "very concerned" about the shortages of semaglutide and dulaglutide and have warned it would be a lot of work to transfer patients to other medication options.…
The role of pharmacists in increasing patient access to ‘compassionate use’ programmes Pharmacists should be helping to ensure that 'compassionate use' regulations evolve to address urgent patient needs.…
David Webb: ‘It is time to step away from historic rivalries and focus on patients’ In his first pharmacy press interview as chief pharmaceutical officer for England, David Webb tells The Pharmaceutical Journal his ambitions for the profession.…
