Archive for Medication updates
NEWS FLASH: Drug Supply Update-1st Dec
Drug Supply Page Dispex provides primary care focused updates on drug supply issues. Data is taken from the SPS website on a weekly basis. 4 new drugs added to the unavailable...
Class 3 Medicines Recall: AstraZeneca UK Ltd., Fluenz Tetra nasal spray suspension, EL(23)A/39
Source: MHRA / Gov.uk 30.11.23 AstraZeneca UK Ltd. has informed the MHRA of an issue related to the expiry dates for certain batches of Fluenz Tetra. This recall provides further...
National Patient Safety Alert: Valproate:
Valproate: organisations to prepare for new regulatory measures for oversight of prescribing to new patients and existing female patients (NatPSA/2023/013/MHRA) Source: MHRA/ Gov.uk 28.11.23 The MHRA is asking organisations to...
Specific brands of carbomer eye gel: recall of AACARB eye gel, AACOMER eye gel and PUROPTICS eye gel: potential risk of infection, DSI/2023/11
Source: MHRA/ Gov.uk Specific batches of carbomer gel are being recalled as a precaution due to possible microbiological contamination. Devices Details Device Name: AACARB eye gel, AACOMER eye gel and PUROPTICS...
NEWS FLASH: Drug Supply Update-24th Nov
Drug Supply Page Dispex provides primary care focused updates on drug supply issues. Data is taken from the SPS website on a weekly basis. 1 new drugs added to the unavailable...
Tens of thousands of women set to benefit from ‘repurposed’ NHS drug to prevent breast cancer
Source: NHS England 7.11.23 Tens of thousands more women at increased risk of breast cancer could now benefit from a proven risk-reducing drug on the NHS, after it was licensed...
JCVI statement on mpox vaccination as a routine programme
Source: DHSC 10.11.23 This statement provides Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advice on the Modified Vaccinia Ankara – Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN) vaccine for the prevention of mpox in terms of...
A new brand added to the HRT Prescription Prepayment Certificate list!
Starting from November 1st 2023, the HRT prepayment certificate (HRT PPC) will be expanded to encompass a new brand of progesterone micronised 100mg capsules, Gepretix®. The November 2023 Drug...
Treatment with isotretinoin for patients under 18 must be approved by two prescribers, under new MHRA rules
Source: MHRA 31.10.23 New measures strengthen the safe use of the acne drug isotretinoin for patients across the UK, following a patient-focused expert review The UK Medicines and Healthcare products...
NEWS FLASH: Drug Supply Update-3rd November
Drug Supply Page Dispex provides primary care focused updates on drug supply issues. Data is taken from the SPS website on a weekly basis. 5 new drugs added to the unavailable...
Drug Tariff Updates November 2023
Published: 28 Oct 2023 5.5 ADDITIONS TO NOVEMBER 2023 DRUG TARIFF Econazole 1% vaginal cream 30g 378 C Gyno-Pevaryl Omeprazole 1mg/ml oral suspension sugar free 7ml5 11100 C Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Ltd...
NEWS FLASH: Drug Supply Update-27th Oct
Drug Supply Page Dispex provides primary care focused updates on drug supply issues. Data is taken from the SPS website on a weekly basis- 3 new drugs added to the unavailable...