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Private pharmacy RSV and dengue fever vaccine services launch in …
WEBOct 15, 2023 · Common but highly contagious respiratory virus RSV can be indistinguishable from a cold in healthy adults and older children but can lead to severe respiratory illness like bronchiolitis and pneumonia in infants, young children, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems, it added.
‘Worse than ever’: Which medicines are pharmacists struggling
WEBAug 30, 2022 · JWW Allison in Cockermouth, Cumbria, is “at present” struggling to get hold of “quite a few” medicines, its director Nat Mitchell told C+D, including Buscopan, Asacol tablets, HRT gel Sandrena, Dioralyte, hydrocortisone ampoules and the rabies vaccine. Shortages for these products have been particularly pronounced in recent months, Mr ...
UK’s first private pharmacy COVID-19 vaccine service launched …
WEBFeb 1, 2024 · Pharmacies can now sign up to offer the UK’s “first” private COVID-19 vaccination service as of today, Pharmadoctor revealed to C+D today (February 1). The pharmacy service provider said that COVID-19 vaccination stock will be available to its more than 8,000 partner pharmacies by April 1 “at the latest” and that it will “help ...
Well Pharmacy acquires wholesaling business Lexon UK - C+D
WEBApr 17, 2023 · Well Pharmacy has bought two wholesalers, Asurex Limited and Lexon UK Holdings – a wholesaler that also operates over 40 community pharmacies in England – it has announced. The "family-owned" Lexon UK also operates the 42-strong community pharmacy chain Norchem Group, trading as Knights Pharmacy, Well Pharmacy and Lexon UK said in a joint ...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer reveals new health secretary - C+D
WEBJul 5, 2024 · Sir Keir Starmer has named Wes Streeting as the new secretary of state for health and social care this afternoon (July 5) after the Labour Party secured a landslide general election victory.
Lloydspharmacy parent company ‘exiting the healthcare services
WEBAug 21, 2024 · LloydsPharmacy’s former parent company Hallo Healthcare is “exiting the healthcare services sector”, the Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) yesterday (August 20) revealed. It said that “pharmacists and their teams at 64 pharmacy sites operated by LP HCS Ltd”, which is one of the four healthcare-related entities still controlled ...
Capsaicin pain creams out of stock until end of June after ... - C+D
WEBMar 20, 2023 · The DH last week announced that both Capsaicin 0.075% (Axsain) and 0.025% (Zacin) cream are “out of stock until end of June 2023”, according to the medicines regulator.
Current list of products under export ban due to national shortages
WEBMar 25, 2020 · The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have announced that all strengths of Lithium carbonate tablets have been added to the list of medicines which must not be parallel exported from the UK.
Avicenna buys 34 Sheppards pharmacies, taking group to 135 …
WEBApr 20, 2021 · The acquisition of the Sheppards Pharmacy group – which follows the addition of 57 Dudley Taylor pharmacies to Avicenna’s retail network last month – brings the pharmacy support group to a total of 135 branches, Avicenna CEO Jonathan Power announced today (April 20).. The Sheppards Pharmacy group’s branches are mainly located in south Wales, Mr Power said.