Archive for Medication updates
NHSBSA & Dispex Webinars!
Dispex is delighted to be supporting the NHSBSA with ongoing FREE webinars! 16th September – Endorsing inc Referred Backs This Webinar will offer: Help and guidance on the most common endorsing problems....
Batch of metformin oral solution recalled by MHRA due to nitrosamine impurity
Source: MHRA Patients should not stop any treatments without consulting their doctor or pharmacist. A recall notice for one batch (10,452 units) of metformin oral solution has today been...
Drug Tariff News – August Part VIIIA reimbursement prices
Source: NHSBSA/DHSC issued 23 August 21 The Department of Health and Social Care has agreed the August Drug Tariff Part VIIIA reimbursement prices for the following items: Etoricoxib 90mg tablets 28...
Discount Update
Galen have introduced Thorens 25 000 iu Colecalciferol hard capsules with a 25% discount. Check the Dispex Brand Comparisons to see how this compares to the other products available for...
The Department of Health and Social Care has provided an update on the SSP for Fluoxetine 10mg tablets (SSP05)
Source: NHSBSA-SSP Update 10.08.2021 – The DHSC has provided an update on the Serious Shortage Protocols for Fluoxetine 10mg tablets (SSP05). This SSP has been varied – the revised end...
MHRA recalls contaminated Irbesartan- batches as precautionary measure
Patients should not stop any treatments without consulting their doctor or pharmacist Source: MHRA 9th August 2021 The MHRA today has issued a recall for 25 batches of Irbesartan-containing medicinal...
Field Safety Notices: 2 to 6 August 2021 List of field safety notices (FSNs) from medical device manufacturers from 2 to 6 August
Source: MHRA 9th August 2021 Overview If you receive a field safety notice (FSN) from a manufacturer you must always act on it. MHRA publishes the following for information only....
Class 2 Medicines Recall:Various Marketing Authorisation Holders and parallel distributor companies, Irbesartan-containing products, EL (21)A/19
Specific batches of products supplied by the Marketing Authorisation Holders and parallel distributor companies are being recalled due to presence of a mutagenic impurity. Source: MHRA 9th August 2021 Company...
The (DHSC) have granted the following price concessions for July 2021- Final Update
Source: NHSBSA/DHSC 30th July 2021 The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have granted the following price concessions for July 2021: Cetirizine 1mg/ml oral solution sugar free 200 £10.65 Glyceryl trinitrate...
Updated Product List of Upcoming Patent Expiries
We have added the latest list of commonly prescribed products whose Patent is due to expire in 2021 and 2022. Click on the Informatics page and then click on the...
Drug Tariff Updates-July 2021 FURTHER UPDATE
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have granted the following price concessions for July 2021: Drug Pack size Price Concession Baclofen 10mg tablets 84 £3.30 Loratadine 5mg/5ml oral solution 100ml £7.75...
Drug Tariff Updates-July 2021
The Department of Health and Social Care has agreed the July Drug Tariff Part VIIIA reimbursement prices for the following items: Drug Pack size Price Concession Eplerenone 25mg tablets 28 £11.95...
