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Prices soar for antibiotics as desperate parents search for strep A medicine
11 December 2022 - Drug companies have been accused of “cartel behaviour” for increasing the costs of antibiotics during the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2022
World’s first chemo drone delivery announced on NHS birthday
5 July 2022 - NHS cancer patients will be the first in the world to benefit from chemotherapy delivered by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2021
NHS prescription charges set to rise in England
2 March 2021 - The NHS prescription charge in England is set to increase to £9.35 from 1 April 2021 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2020
UK secures another two million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
30 November 2020 - The UK government has secured an additional two million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine mRNA-1273, taking ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Nov 2020
UK strikes deal for five million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
17 November 2020 - The UK government has secured access to five million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine after interim ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Nov 2020
How will Brexit affect the supply of medicines?
6 November 2020 - Starting from day one, 1 January 2021, the government expects new checks and bureaucracy at the short ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2020
UK increases COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity
4 August 2020 - The UK government has signed a new deal with biotech organisation Wockhardt to increase the manufacturing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jul 2020
Sanofi and GSK agree with the UK government to supply up to 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
29 July 2020 - Both companies are committed to making their COVID-19 vaccine candidate affordable and available globally. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2020
Government signs deals with BioNTech/Pfizer and Valneva for COVID vaccines
20 July 2020 - The Government has signed new deals with BioNTech/Pfizer and Valneva for access to 90 million doses ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2020
US purchases world stocks of remdesivir: why the rest of the world should be glad to be at the back of the queue
18 July 2020 - The remdesivir story may actually be good news for the rest of the world. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2020
UK post-Brexit drug stockpiles at risk amid virus
8 June 2020 - The UK has been warned by the pharmaceutical industry that some stockpiles of medical supplies have ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2020
COVID-19: UK authorises anti-viral drug remdesivir
26 May 2020 - A drug treatment called remdesivir that appears to shorten recovery time for people with coronavirus is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 May 2020
UK bulk buys hydroxychloroquine as potential COVID-19 treatment
20 May 2020 - Hydroxychloroquine is being bought in bulk by the UK in case it does turn out to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Mar 2020
Brexit means coronavirus vaccine will be slower to reach the UK
15 March 2020 - And it will cost more here because of the UK pulling out of the European Medicines Agency ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jan 2020
Survey finds 87 percent of pharmacists concerned about medicine supply post-Brexit
29 January 2020 - New findings reveal that the majority of pharmacists are worried about the supply of medicine to the ...