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Finasteride: MHRA warns of hair loss drug ‘psychiatric and sexual side effects’
A patient alert card is set to be issued for a “widespread” hair loss drug amid psychiatric and sexual health risks, the MHRA has announced.
‘Many online pharmacies unregulated, illegal or fraudulent’, says MHRA
The medicines regulator has said that online pharmacies pose “significant risks”, amid new survey results showing that only 18% of the public had used one recently.
Hydrocortisone overpricing: Appeals court upholds £2.8m fine
The appeals tribunal has confirmed the CMA’s decision to fine a hydrocortisone manufacturer that “bought off” a potential rival.
‘Last chance’: Pharmacist found with £10 cannabis bag suspended for nine months
A pharmacist has been handed a nine-month suspension and warned that failure to engage with the regulator may leave it with no option but to strike him off the register after repeated cannabis use.
DSPs and bricks-and-mortar pharmacies are ‘substitutable’, finds CMA
The competition authority recently found that Pharmacy2U’s purchase of LloydsDirect did not pose a competition threat… C+D looked at its reasoning
Landlord owed £450k challenges Lloydspharmacy group liquidation
The former landlord of the head office of Lloydspharmacy’s holding company has called for the actions of its former owner Aurelius to be independently and fully scrutinised to check compliance with “all relevant laws”.
March 2025 hearing set for former Lloydspharmacy staff redundancy row
Former Sainsbury’s workers claiming enhanced redundancy from the Lloydspharmacy estate will have their case heard in March 2025, despite a possible victory offering “no realistic hope” of full compensation.
Covert surveillance: GPhC may abandon ‘never used’ spying powers
The pharmacy regulator will host a workshop to discuss whether it should keep its rights to surveil pharmacies, according to its latest council papers.
GPhC to 'assess' pharmacy technician minimum training levels
The pharmacy regulator has revealed that it will consider whether new standards for trainee and registered pharmacy technicians are needed in the sector’s “changing landscape”.
Co-codamol tablets recalled over two-year expiry date error
A batch of the painkillers has been recalled as a “precautionary measure” after the wrong expiry date was printed on packaging, the medicines watchdog has announced.
Jhoots superintendent slapped with responsible pharmacist warning
Jhoots Pharmacy’s superintendent has been issued a warning by the GPhC after the pharmacy regulator's inspectors found two of the chain’s pharmacies had been dispensing POMs without a responsible pharmacist (RP) present.
‘Ashamed’ pharmacy technician struck off for stealing oxycodone
A pharmacy technician has been removed from the register after stealing controlled drugs “for her own personal benefit” and making false entries onto official records, the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has said.
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