“Hundreds of thousands of doses” of suspected illegally traded drugs were seized by the UK’s medicines watchdog in Manchester this week.

The competition authority is looking into the “assets merger” of Pharmacy2U and LloydsDirect, the UK’s two largest online pharmacies, it has revealed.

Only one of out almost 500 complaints received by the health ombudsman last year about pharmacies was accepted for “detailed investigation”, it has revealed.

Insulin found in fake Ozempic and Saxenda injection pens has led to patients being hospitalised with hypoglycaemic shock, the medicines watchdog has revealed.

The UK’s medicines watchdog has recalled some carbomer-containing eye gels amid an “ongoing” investigation into whether they are contaminated with a bacteria, it has revealed.  

The pharmacy regulator has taken the "difficult decision" to increase its fees by 7.5% across the board, it has revealed.

The Care Pharmacy has amended its advertisements after an intervention from the medicines watchdog over its promotion of Ozempic, which is a prescription-only medicine (POM).

There were five allegations of cheating during this June’s registration assessment, the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has revealed. 

Steve Brine has predicted that contractors “won’t like” the government’s response to its hub-and-spoke consultation.

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has urged the government to bring in new laws that would prevent retailers from offering multi-buy deals on paracetamol.

The medicines watchdog has revealed that more than two million medicine doses traded illegally over the internet have been seized so far this year.

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has announced that it has extended the deadline for revalidation submissions following ongoing “technical issues” with its website.