Immune system
![Multiple sclerosis drug recalled over unacceptable 'variability'](https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/resizer/v2/IFQ3CMMWNJPTZDLDM2JVUJMAMU.jpg?auth=25bbaef13af5efed165585e43e30e9ee222e76722e46aeecd8a25ed73dd98926&width=400)
A manufacturer has recalled a medicine used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) “as a precautionary measure”, the pharmacy negotiator has announced.
![Green Party pledges to make PrEP available in pharmacies and online](https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/resizer/v2/7UZBUBPI4NKUPEPIVBPAUTMMIY.jpg?auth=85b68153f67a94678e0b663599f5d5b31b887420d5e48e3211c4d54b450a3e06&width=400)
The Green Party has revealed plans to inject billions of pounds into primary care and “end new cases" of HIV by 2030.
![Empowering pharmacy: Leading the charge against antimicrobial resistance](https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/resizer/v2/WRFNEJUV2ZKMJGYJXV2O2MXIX4.jpg?auth=145b8cb6ccb6bb1106fbbefed20e72db9ae3df3324d8d19a80657e2de150b3ce&width=400)
This World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, Nonyelum Anigbo talks about the role of community pharmacy in combatting increased antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
![HIV: Government ‘exploring’ making PrEP available in pharmacies](https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/resizer/v2/DFRWMNODAFJLJA7NYO2IM3D5ZU.jpg?auth=9785eea0183c52dd608476214e7b25a179198a20a41801f61e59da92c97eb247&width=400)
A “roadmap” considering expanding the provision of HIV medication pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to “a variety of settings” will be available by the end of the year, pharmacy minister Neil O’Brien has said.
![RPS: Make HIV drug PrEP available from community pharmacies](https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/resizer/v2/4VF4DPEO2JIKHGSUP4FPRP4ZR4.jpg?auth=9f2a8fc98e6062bd3296cb4b364ec43dc08a9e4a9ad6bfdce2949b9e644a16b1&width=400)
The government should widen access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) by making it available in community pharmacies “as soon as possible”, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has said.
![Pharmacy teams eligible for COVID booster jabs, as NHS readies for programme to go live next week](https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/resizer/v2/H3H623FKJVIBBLVP3VOSZIZLAY.jpg?auth=f103a2d6a4f67faa5ccd58a190aa3e8796dd279fd828947d99669265aa247616&width=400)
The JCVI has recommended that those who received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine during phase 1 of the vaccination programme “should be offered” a third top-up dose.
![MP and NPA urge NHS to allow pharmacy provision of HIV drug PrEP](https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/resizer/v2/FQATHVBKCVNFREIED6WGCEPJBI.jpg?auth=d895d711cedcd1ecd0dc12862d8a6dcf19f58b1ee1deaedf2d0fcde63d27d661&width=400)
The vice-chair for HIV and AIDS on the all party pharmacy group and the NPA chief executive have urged NHSE&I to allow community pharmacies to provide PrEP to patients.
![How will gluten-free restrictions affect pharmacies and patients?](https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/resizer/v2/NTCLNBCTJZIHHF45W2VHBVDWSI.jpg?auth=a5fff6469368cc098a85286cbea4fbbc695015d03b968f82c40d1da4633f82f3&width=400)
C+D asks three contractors what impact the prescribing restrictions on gluten-free products will have on patients with coeliac disease, and on their businesses
![LPC: Scrapping gluten-free foods won't impact our 'affluent' patients](https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/resizer/v2/H5NGGYBVHVKJLLFLQZSUBCJNJI.png?auth=7872b3e483de965c6886f7f62ce1dbbfc8c0a41f5bfafbca2c260dc3ce94280b&width=400)
The decision to scrap funding for gluten-free foods will not impact patients in the "relatively affluent" Berkshire West area, a local pharmaceutical committee (LPC) has claimed.