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Limit TB drugs to one month’s supply, warns MHRA amid shortages

Prioritise active TB cases to conserve supplies, MHRA tells prescribers

31 Jul 2025

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Opinion: Medicines substitution is the answer

More flexibility around medicines substitution is essential to help community pharmacists circumnavigate shortages and better manage their workloads to deliver more clinical care, says Debra Ainge, chief executive of medicines sourcing platform iEthico

03 May 2024

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Opinion: VPAG can only lead to further medicines shortages

Targeting older medicines for punitive rebates will disproportionally impact smaller to medium sized pharmaceutical companies and undermine the Government’s ambition for the UK to be a life sciences superpower, says Jeremy Thorpe, managing director of Tillotts Pharma UK.

22 Jan 2024

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Insight: Keep calm and carry on during COVID-19

A contractor shares their experiences of dealing with the unpredictable coronavirus outbreak, from a run on hand sanitiser to wholesaler price hikes.

10 Mar 2020

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