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eBay sildenafil dealer jailed for over three years

Jail for graduate who persisted in illegal medicines trade after a first arrest

03 Jul 2024

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Suspended sentence for pharmacist who illegally sold prescription opioids

Belfast pharmacist who could not explain drug register discrepancies spared jail

02 Jul 2024

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Update your GPhC fitness-to-practise knowledge

Richard Hough and Deepika Raino take independent pharmacists through the GPhC's revised guidance on hearings and outcomes.

10 Jun 2024

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‘Material errors’: Drug firms overturn £35m collusion fines on appeal

Drug companies win appeal against the CMA's findings on prochlorperazine market entry.

28 May 2024

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‘Abhorrent actions’: Pharmacist struck off after conviction for indecent images of children

Jailed pharmacist poses a risk to public upon his release, FtP committee finds

15 May 2024

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GPhC fitness to practice investigations

What should a registrant do if they find themselves the subject of a fitness to practise investigation?

14 May 2024

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CAT upholds £2.8m fine for Accord and Auden Mckenzie for illegal market sharing

Accord-UK and Auden Mckenzie have lost their appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal to overturn a £2.8 million fine for illegal market sharing relating to hydrocortisone 20mg tablets.

30 Apr 2024

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Belfast pharmacist pleads guilty to supplying fentanyl without a prescription

Plea hearing scheduled for June as pharmacy owner admits making unlawful supplies.

19 Apr 2024

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Assaulting shopworkers to be made a standalone crime

Home secretary announces plan to 'double down' on zero tolerance approach

10 Apr 2024

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Business rates – GPs versus community pharmacies

There is inequity in the financial support offered by the government to GP practices and pharmacies, as Richard Hough and Oskar Musial explain.

05 Apr 2024

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High Court throws out second appeal against GPhC antisemitism decision

GPhC committee was entitled to impose a warning in antisemitism case, a judge rules.

19 Mar 2024

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‘Disgraced’ pharma director convicted after lying to obtain MHRA licence

Evotrox manufacturer went to 'unacceptable' lengths to falsify Evotrox shelf life data

18 Mar 2024

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Tribunal overturns £106m fines for ‘cartel behaviour’ with hydrocortisone tablets

Decision to allow companies' appeal is 'fundamentally misconceived' says CMA.

11 Mar 2024

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Pharmacy First – striking the right balance

With Pharmacy First, a tension exists between the commercial interests of the pharmacy owner and the RP, says Richard Hough.

13 Feb 2024

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Pharma company may have made misleading claims about rival’s anaemia treatment

CMA launches investigation into claims Vifor Pharma disparaged a rival's product

31 Jan 2024

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Pharmacy dispenser sentenced after stealing thousands of sleeping tablets

Dispenser told to carry out unpaid work after pleading guilty to theft from employer

30 Jan 2024

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