Business & industry

Over 400 request prescription payment checks

3 Feb 12 | 15.43 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

A total of 434 pharmacy contractors requested a total of 5,623 prescription payment checks from the NHS Business Services Authority...
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Renewed calls made to suspend 100-hour pharmacy exemption

30 Jan 12 | 16.13 | England

Renewed calls have been made to suspend 100-hour pharmacy applications until proposed changes to market entry arrangements...
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More multiples take over hospital outpatient dispensing

27 Jan 12 | 14.46 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Large multiples are increasingly providing outpatient dispensary services to NHS hospitals, in what is becoming a growing market for...
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Concerns raised over "substandard" PNAs governing market entry

26 Jan 12 | 11.22 | England

Serious concerns about the quality of pharmaceutical needs assessments (PNAs) have been raised in response to the Department of Health’s...
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Clearer audit trails would ease supply issues, say manufacturers

25 Jan 12 | 11.21 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Drug manufacturers are calling for the legal separation of pharmacy wholesaling and dispensing functions, to help stabilise the UK medicine supply chain
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Lloydspharmacy in talks to launch adherence monitoring device Helius

19 Jan 12 | 16.11 | International

A digital health product designed to monitor medicines adherence is expected to launch in September 2012
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How the UK could be made more attractive to industry

9 Jan 12 | 11.19 | International

The Government is on a mission to improve uptake of innovative technologies within the NHS for two reasons — to improve patient access to new treatments and to entice the industry to invest in the UK

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Why partnerships may be a magic wand

5 Jan 12 | 14.48 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Could a slight change in the ownership arrangements of community pharmacies create a win-win situation for community pharmacists and their employers?
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Christmas miscellany 2011

21 Dec 11 | 12.37 | England EU International Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Articles published in the Christmas double issue of The Pharmaceutical Journal (24/31 December 2010)
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Landmark ruling improves patent landscape for multi-ingredient drugs

9 Dec 11 | 11.05 | International

Pharmaceutical industry representatives have welcomed a European court ruling that is expected to offer greater patent protection for medicines...
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