Medicines
0A Northern Irish fitness-to-practise (FtP) committee has suspended a pharmacist for six months after he “unlawfully obtained” prescription-only medicines (POMs) from his workplace “without a valid prescription”.
0A health and social care think tank has revealed that the “elevated and troubling level” of medicine shortages in the UK can be blamed on Brexit.
0A new study has revealed that the use of GLP-1RAs such as semaglutide are “not associated” with an increased risk of suicidality among patients with type 2 diabetes.
0Consultation numbers for a pharmacy service provider’s weight management service have grown “exponentially” in the last year, C+D has learned.
0Two pharmacists have been struck off the register in separate hearings after being convicted of supplying controlled Class C drugs for their own “financial gain”.
0Pharmacies in Scotland have been asked to ensure they have the “appropriate stock” of naloxone – a medicine used to reverse the effects of an opiate overdose – following an “increase in sudden collapse” due to overdoses.
1Alliance Healthcare has revealed “plans to close” two Midlands service centres and proposed cuts at another, putting hundreds of jobs at risk.
0The Danish drugmaker has launched a “direct-to-patient” pharmacy, offering "all dose strengths of Wegovy at a reduced cost”.
0The pharmacy regulator has issued a warning to a pharmacist who “engaged in unsolicited services from an unknown broker” for “financial gain”.
1A coroner has warned of the “potential dangers” of a trio of drugs, after a patient died who had been on them for four years “without concern”.