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CMA: Ruling is a “good result” that helps clarify the” legal test for unfair pricing”

Setback for CMA in £90m appeal case against big pharma

In 2016, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) imposed a fine of £84.2m on Pfizer and £5.2m on Flynn Pharma for overcharging for epilepsy...

12/03/2020 0

Pharma companies fined over £3m in CMA nortriptyline probe

An investigation into the supply of nortriptyline by four pharmaceutical companies found two breaches of competition law, resulting in fines of...

05/03/2020 3

Five wholesalers have told C+D that face masks are currently out of stock

Coronavirus: Pharmacies emptied of masks as wholesalers out of stock

Wholesalers have told C+D that they are not currently able to provide face masks, including dust and surgical masks and N95 respirators – which...

31/01/2020 2

NPA: Pharmacists said they are not always treated fairly by wholesalers

NPA: Pharmacists ‘dissatisfied’ with wholesalers’ service standards

According to 190 respondents to a National Pharmacy Association (NPA) survey conducted earlier this year, a “high proportion” of pharmacists feel...

29/10/2019 4

The legal groundwork for a serious shortage protocol was set out in February

Pharmacists granted power to supply different fluoxetine strengths

This is the first time pharmacists can dispense an alternative to a medicine suffering a shortage, rather than the prescription and without...

03/10/2019 25

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Wholesalers to visit pharmacies to explain medicine supply disruption

Wholesalers “take very seriously any disruption to the supply of medicines”, but “are not always able to fulfill all orders in full that they receive...

01/10/2019 10

Warwick Smith: Stockpiling six weeks' worth of medicines will not be enough to prevent disruption

‘DH’s no-deal Brexit preparation alone won’t prevent shortages’

The warning comes the week after the Department of Health and Social Care (DH) announced a £25 million contract to set up an express freight service...

21/08/2019 2

The CMA investigation focused on both 50mg and 100mg capsule forms

Alliance one of 3 firms accused of keeping nitrofurantoin prices high

In a statement of objections issued today (July 25), the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) alleged that manufacturers Morningside and AMCo (now...

25/07/2019 10