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A government watchdog has alleged that manufacturers Actavis UK and Concordia worked together to artificially maintain an inflated price for hydrocortisone tablets.
According to a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation, between January 2013 and June 2016 the two companies agreed that Concordia (formerly Amdipharm) would not enter the market with its own version of hydrocortisone tablets.
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Margaret Billings sustained fatal injuries when she was caught between a moving boat and a riverbank during a day out “with family and friends”, an inquest has found.
C+D rounds up some of the immediate pharmacy reaction to news that NHS England will be abolished, with more control moving back to the government and local leaders…
Wes Streeting has revealed that the DH is “immediately” working to scrap NHS England (NHSE) and put a new “transformation team” in place – adding that it is in the “very final stages” of concluding a new pharmacy contract deal.
A pharmacist has been issued a warning after accessing a patient’s contact details from medical records and sending them an “unsolicited” message on social media.
A group of 45 cross-party MPs have signed a letter to Wes Streeting calling for “an urgent review into ongoing medication shortages”, saying that if action is not taken, the crisis will “worsen”.
