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EDX/20/1154
Date of prep: December 2020

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Read the latest and breaking news from the pharmacy sector in Scotland and further afield. Pharmacy In Practice curates all the sector relevant news for you each day.

Moderna Covid-19 vaccine approved by UK regulator

8th January 2021 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna has today been given regulatory approval for supply by the MHRA.

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Lockdown methadone dispensing incident ‘directly contributed to death’

8th January 2021 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

It is therefore probable, that due to a lack of a measuring jug, Mr MF guessed his first dose from the larger methadone bottles with tragic consequences.

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Uncategorised Tagged With: Methadone, Prevention of future deaths

AmerisourceBergen to acquire Alliance Healthcare in $6.5bn deal

6th January 2021 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

AmerisourceBergen and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) today announced strategic agreements under which AmerisourceBergen will acquire the majority of WBA.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Boots

PDA donations to Pharmacist Support surpass £110,000

6th January 2021 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

The total amount donated under the PDA’s charity partnership pledge to Pharmacist Support, established in 2018, has now surpassed £110K.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: charity

Drug deaths in Scotland highest since records began

15th December 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

1,264 drug-related deaths were recorded in Scotland in 2019, according to statistics published today by National Records of Scotland.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: drug deaths, Scotland

Collapse in diagnostic procedures cause for significant concern

14th December 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

The head of a Scottish medical college has sounded a warning over the scale of the catch-up challenge facing diagnostic services.

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Long-term future of Priadel must be secured

12th December 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

The RPS and the CMHP have written to the CMA as part of a consultation regarding the supply of Priadel, the lithium medication used by bipolar patients.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Lithium

GPhC announce major reforms to pharmacist education and training

11th December 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Council has approved new standards for the initial education and training of pharmacists.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: education, GPhC, training

Scottish community pharmacy network wins prestigious award

9th December 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

The entire Community Pharmacy network in Scotland has won the ‘Top Team Award’ at the Scottish Health Awards.

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V-Day

8th December 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

Pharmacy teams have been working rapidly across the UK to ensure the safe delivery of the first UK COVID-19 vaccine across the country today.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Vaccine

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