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August 7th 2025

Pharmacy regulator issues medicines anti-diversion guidance

Pharmacy regulator the General Pharmaceutical Council has issued guidance on safeguards to prevent diversion of medicines from registered pharmacies. Diversion is said to occur when medicines have been ordered and stolen by members of staff. Such me

July 30th 2025

Eight zero discount products highlighted

Community Pharmacy England has highlighted eight additional products that will not be available at any discount from August. The products have been added to the Discount Not Deducted (DND) list in the August drug tariffs. Dispensing GPs will continu

July 29th 2025

Disallowed item guidance from NHS BSA

The latest issue of Hints and Tips (Issue 60), published by NHSBSA, includes two items for dispensing GPs in England & Wales: Disallowed items: Please note: community nurse prescribers may only prescribe items from the Nurse Prescrib

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July 18th 2025

AZ to lose patent protection for dapagliflozin

Dispensing practices are advised of reports that dapagliflozin (Forxiga) will lose patent protection – paving the way for low margin generic versions - following an unsuccessful legal bid. The patent was cancelled in the UK Court of Appeal fol

July 7th 2025

DDA adds SOP for lone dispensary drivers

An SOP supporting the safety and performance of dispensary driver lone workers and a dispensary driver competence assessment checklist have been added to the library of Standard Operating Procedures. The purpose of the SOP: Dispensary Driver Lone Wo

June 12th 2025

Outgoing Pfizer brand information published

Some 16 Pfizer products have recently transitioned from brand to generic along with information on ordering codes and list prices. Information supplied by  Community Pharmacy England states these are: Branded Product Name Generic

May 29th 2025

Four products given Special Container status

Community Pharmacy England has advised that four products will be classified as special containers from June 1, 2025. The four products  are: Generic drug name (dm+d descriptor) Brand and/or Manufacturer Pack size Specia

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