Archive for Medication updates
Class 3 Medicines Recall: Neon Healthcare Ltd, Suprefact 1 mg/ml solution for injection
Source: MHRA /Gov.uk 23.4.24 (Cheplapharm – Canadian Livery), EL(24)A/14: Neon Healthcare Ltd is recalling the specific batch mentioned in this notification as a precautionary measure. MDR number MDR 191-04/24 Company...
Symbios ORIGIN® Posterior Stabilised Patient-Matched Total Knee Replacement Device
Source: MHRA/Gov.uk 23.4.24 Risk of Early Revision, DSI/2024/005 The MHRA was alerted by Beyond Compliance and the UK National Joint Registry (NJR) to a significantly higher revision rate observed with...
Out-of-pocket expense payment for unlicensed Cefuroxime 5% eye drops preservative free
From March 1st 2024, an additional fixed out-of-pocket expense payment of £50, will be automatically applied to NHS prescriptions for Cefuroxime 5% eye drops preservative free -a non-Drug Tariff special!...
Retrospective Top Up Payments for Concession Prices
The first list of Retrospective Top Up payments has been published in the April Drug Tariff. Every quarter, a retrospective top-up payment to the concessionary prices granted three quarters before...
Class 3 Medicines Recall: Accord-UK Ltd, Co-Codamol 8/500mg Effervescent Tablets
Class 3 Medicines Recall: Accord-UK Ltd, Co-Codamol 8/500mg Effervescent Tablets (Key Pharmaceuticals Livery), EL (24)A/12 Source: MHRA / Gov.uk 10.4.24 Accord-UK Ltd is recalling a specific batch of Co-Codamol 8/500mg...
NEW SOP: HRT Prescription Sorting P14
Dispex is pleased to provide its members with a SOP template library: All Templates MUST be personalised to individual practices. Scope HRT Prescription Sorting p14 This SOP applies specifically to...
Class 3 Medicines Recall: Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Limited,
Source: MHRA/Gov.uk 4.4.24 Class 3 Medicines Recall: Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Limited, OPDIVO 10 mg/mL concentrate for solution for infusion (nivolumab), EL(24)A/11 Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Limited has informed the MHRA that...
Category M Changes
The first Quarter of the 2024/25 financial year brings with it a net decrease in Category M prices once again. This adds pressure on dispensing doctors who often cannot dispense...
Dispensing Fees to Rise
Information supplied by Hexagon6 From April 2024, the Dispensing Fee will rise by an average of 25,7 pence per item. Whilst this is good news, when compared to the April...
Counterfeits and unbranded copies of LifeVac anti-choking devices
Counterfeits and unbranded copies of LifeVac anti-choking devices may fail to work correctly or worsen choking incidents if used, DSI/2024/003 Source: MHRA / Gov.uk 25.3.24 Anti-choking devices are intended to...
Class 4 Medicines Notification: Fresenius Kabi Limited,
Sodium Chloride Intravenous Infusion 0.9% Freeflex, EL (24)A/10 Source: MHRA / Gov.uk 21.3.24 Fresenius Kabi Limited has informed the MHRA of an error on the infusion bag packaged into the...
NEWS ALERT: Concession Price – Mar 2024: 2nd Update
Members’ Service The DHSC has updated Concession prices for March (20th). Dispex members can login to our website to see the updates all together in one place, and in alphabetical...
