Weight loss drug Wegovy is available in the UK from today (September 4) in a “controlled and limited launch”, its manufacturer Novo Nordisk has announced. The semaglutide injection can be accessed by ...

Community Pharmacy Scotland (CPS) has accepted an increase in the guaranteed minimum for reimbursement and an increase in Scottish drug tariff funding as part of its 2025/26 community pharmacy funding ...

At the time, it said that it was “not in a position to implement these proposals” by the beginning of 2025. Read more: Pharmacy ‘may not survive winter’ as pharmacist MP urges govt to avoid ‘past 14 ...

We were alert to the fact that when our sector is serving to influence its members’ business models we must stay true to their future. After all, we are elected to serve those interests, not the other ...

The running of a Devon Superdrug premise has been taken over by Jhoots Pharmacy, Superdrug yesterday (May 6) revealed to C+D. “Superdrug Newton Abbot closed due to the pharmacy licence being sold to ...

James Stent joined C+D as a digital reporter in May 2023 from the South African human rights news agency GroundUp, where he was senior reporter and consultant editor.

Pharmacies can now sign up to offer the UK’s “first” private COVID-19 vaccination service as of today, Pharmadoctor revealed to C+D today (February 1). The pharmacy service provider said that COVID-19 ...

Sector leaders have warned that the RPS is “acting in a way that damages the pharmacist interest” ahead of its upcoming vote on becoming a royal college. The controversial proposal, which members will ...

Drug linked to the most deaths? The MHRA told C+D that from the point of licensing until the end of May, the GLP-1 RA linked to most deaths through ADR reports was liraglutide with some 37 reports ...

The news was revealed in a joint statement posted on both companies’ websites yesterday (October 5), in which they noted that they “share a heritage in online pharmacy and repeat dispensing”. A ...

A “young girl” had to be treated in A&E after presenting with life threatening symptoms after taking weight loss drug Wegovy obtained through Boots Online Doctor, an A&E doctor told C+D this week ...

The High Court has dismissed the Professional Standards Authority’s (PSA) second appeal against findings made by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) regarding “offensive” and “antisemitic” ...