Prescriptions

Morrisons launches ‘on-demand’ online pharmacy service

Morrisons has partnered with digital pharmacy Phlo to launch the “Morrisons Clinic”, an “online private prescription service” that delivers customers’ medicine in as little as 24 hours.

Pharmacist thwarts diabetes patient flogging excess Mounjaro

Community Pharmacy Wales (CPW) has urged pharmacies to “review” weight loss and diabetes prescriptions, after a patient was caught selling extra tirzepatide “mistakenly prescribed” by their GP.

Government set to ‘introduce’ hub-and-spoke legislation in 2025

The pharmacy minister has revealed government plans to implement hub-and-spoke legislation this year.

‘Impossible to absorb’: Cat M to slash pharmacy cash by £34m

This month’s Category M price list is set to reduce pharmacy reimbursement by millions every month, Community Pharmacy England (CPE) has warned.

From our Martian correspondent: medicines own Earthlings

This ethnographic study explores the dominion of medicines and the curious behaviours of their devoted acolytes, as well as the sick and healthy Earthlings enthralled by them.

‘Deeply concerning’ decision to end gluten-free scripts to save £250k

The decision by a local NHS ICB to completely end gluten-free product prescriptions to save £250,000 has been met with widespread disapproval from patients who were consulted on proposed changes.

‘I’ve still got a fat man’s brain’: PharmaDoctor’s CEO speaks about his Mounjaro journey

Mounjaro has been an “overwhelmingly positive experience” for PharmaDoctor’s chief executive Graham Thoms, but he stresses it’s neither a “magic bullet” nor a “short-term fix” and that uniform regulation must be implemented.

Pharmacist suspended for sending Xanax ‘to Africa for charitable causes’

The regulator has issued a year’s suspension in an “unusual case” that saw a pharmacist send prescription only medicines (POMs) “hidden in a barrel with clothes and shoes” to Sierra Leone.

CVS slapped with nationwide lawsuit over ‘unlawful’ opioid prescriptions

The US DOJ has filed a lawsuit against CVS alleging its “actions helped to fuel the opioid crisis” as it “prioritized corporate profits over patient safety”.

‘Superior weight loss’ drug: Mounjaro squashing rival Wegovy

Patients using weight loss drugs in the UK have overwhelmingly opted for Mounjaro over Wegovy in the last six months, PharmaDoctor data has revealed.