Donanemab – the latest dementia break through drug
If you have been keeping an eye on the news lately Donanemab will not be a new name to you. Donanemab is the latest break through drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s.
The Challenge of 100-Hour Pharmacies
On May 25 this year, the NHS terms of service were amended, allowing 100-hour pharmacies to reduce their opening hours from 100 to 72 hours.
BREAKING: Scottish government provides £20m pharmacy ‘interim cash injection’
Does this mean that Scottish pharmacies have hit the jackpot!?! Well, of course not, this is to ‘ease pressures’ currently faced by pharmacies, and numbers can be very misleading.
MHRA new recognition routes to access to new medicines
After Brexit the MHRA had been preparing to take over the role of sole approver of newly licensed medicines in the UK until now.
Government injects £645m investment into community pharmacy
The government has just announced that it will be funding a pharmacy common ailment scheme in England as part of a huge £645 million investment for the pharmacy industry over the course of the next two years.
The Depart of Health Imposes a Reduced Pharmacy Quality Scheme
The Department of Heath and Social Care has said there will be a ‘reduced’ Pharmacy Quality Scheme for 2023-2024 than previously planned with much fewer elements to the scheme than originally anticipated.