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Co-operative Pharmacy to offer specific medicines advice to Muslims during Ramadan fasting period
20 Aug 08 | 17.31 | England Wales
Muslim leaders in Britain have welcomed a decision by the Co-operative Pharmacy to train pharmacists about specific medicines advice for patients during the fasting month of Ramadan, which starts on 1 September 2008
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Generics preferred to branded generics in Scotland
20 Aug 08 | 17.00 | Scotland
The Scottish Government has stated its support this week for the use of generic medicines over branded generics
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Top-up payments should be allowed, says Society
20 Aug 08 | 16.23 | England Wales
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has come out in favour of changing Government policy to give patients the choice to top up their healthcare by buying medicines that have been ruled too expensive to be made available on the NHS
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Calpol Six Plus GSL proposal criticised by the NPA
20 Aug 08 | 16.10 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Government proposals to change the status of bottles of sugar-free Calpol Six Plus Suspension from a pharmacy to a general sale list medicine have been branded as “anomalous”, creating unwarranted risk to patient safety
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Tension between NICE and the pharmaceutical industry intensifies
19 Aug 08 | 15.45 | England Wales
Tension between the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and the pharmaceutical industry has further intensified following a report that Roche is threatening to pull out of future clinical evaluations for new cancer drugs
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Public funding for vaccine development unlikely in the UK
19 Aug 08 | 15.34 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
The UK Government is unlikely to follow the lead of other countries, like the Netherlands and India, and create a publicly funded vaccine development and manufacturing programme
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NICE chairman blames industry for driving up medicines prices
18 Aug 08 | 15.39 | England Wales
Blame for driving up the price of medicines judged too pricey for the NHS has been laid at the doors of the pharmaceutical industry by Sir Michael Rawlins, chairman of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
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Interim PPRS agreement announced
18 Aug 08 | 15.38 | Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Interim arrangements for the voluntary Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme have been announced by the Department of Health more >
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Welsh e-mail service to include community pharmacists
18 Aug 08 | 15.38 | Wales
Community pharmacists in Wales could in future have access to a national e-mail service following proposals to extend the current design of the service — intended for all NHS Wales staff — to accommodate mailboxes for primary care contractors more >
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NHS pricing division told pharmacies are still not satisfied
15 Aug 08 | 16.04 | England
Contractors’ continuing concerns about errors related to the processing of prescription payments have been relayed to the NHS Business Services Authority Prescription Pricing Division
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