MP to 'name and shame' online pharmacies over HRT drug prices

Labour MP Carolyn Harris will “name and shame” some online pharmacies whose hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medication prices she claims have risen amid product shortages, she has told C+D.

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Ms Harris was “horrified” at “the price of HRT products from online private pharmacies”

Although HRT product shortages are nothing new, increased media coverage of menopause and surges in demand for the drugs have squeezed supply to UK pharmacies in recent months.

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