Archive for Medication updates
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...
NEWS FLASH: Drug Supply Update-18th May
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 Resolved 2 discontinued Dispex members can...
Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Doncaster Pharma Limited, Keppra 500mg film-coated tablets, EL(24)A/15
Source: MHRA / Gov.uk 15.5.24 Doncaster Pharma Limited have identified an error relating to the Braille printed on the cartons on various parallel imported packs which have been repackaged by...
Category A Pricing Changes
Category A products are generics which do not meet the threshold volumes to be included in Category M. From April 2024 and for the next 18 months, Category A prices,...
NEWS ALERT: Drug Supply Update-26th April
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 Unavailable 3 new Resolved Dispex...
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...
