The latest on pharmacy supply chain and stock  shortages

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has applauded the MHRA's decision to end pharmacies' ability to trade medicines without having a wholesaler's licence, praising the...

Wholesaler Sigma Pharmaceuticals has partnered with online marketplace Rxchange to relaunch its medicines exchange website sigXchange , with new features including the ability to highlight...

Pharmacists, wholesalers and patients have urged the government to "show greater leadership" and implement cross-party proposals to tackle stock shortages "as a matter of urgency". ...

Supply chain MPs have slammed those responsible for the medicines supply chain, saying they have an “air of resignation” about stock shortages and have dismissed the problem as “either inevitable, or as having been inherited from the previous government”.

Stock shortages Manufacturers have hit out at exporting pharmacies, claiming some businesses are ordering so many packs of medicines that they are using up wholesalers’ entire stocks and leaving other pharmacies short.

Exporters should be referred to the gphc to decide how this squares with our code of ethics, writes Xrayser

In light of the APPG's report on stock shortages this week, Melanie Hall talked to the group's chair, Kevin Barron, about whether he sees a solution on the horizon.