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The Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) has warned that newly updated online pharmacy rules “could still introduce significant risk”, after representatives for the largest pharmacies said that no additional regulations were needed.
The Northern Irish (NI) pharmacy regulator has proposed removing the “blanket” recognition currently on offer to pharmacists from “a number of countries” wishing to register with it, alongside plans to update its online pharmacy standards.
A Devon town mayor has raised the alarm on the “latest issues” at the local Jhoots pharmacy branch, which have seen the town left without its pharmacy services.
A West Virginia jury has recommended that no “mercy” be shown to a pharmacist found guilty of murdering her husband to stop him from discovering her Ponzi scheme.
Boots’ parent company has halted its quarterly stockholders’ dividend pay-out in a move aimed at “strengthening WBA’s balance sheet”.
Online pharmacies “cannot” prescribe based on online questionnaires alone and must “independently verify” patients’ weight and height before prescribing weight loss drugs, the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has announced.