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ASA slams blood pressure apps for misleading public

Three health tracking apps implied their products measure BP, finds regulator

23 Jun 2026

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Prescription items dispensed in England on the rise and top 10 drugs revealed

Figures by the NHS Business Services Authority show Atorvastatin was the most dispensed medicine in terms of volume in 2025-26.

23 Jun 2026

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Don’t promote Wegovy pill, regulators warn online pharmacies

Regulators say they will crack down on businesses advertising weight loss tablets

23 Jun 2026

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Competition watchdog welcomes court decision on Pfizer phenytoin case

Court of Appeal upholds CMA’s original finding against Pfizer and Flynn

22 Jun 2026

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Wegovy pill gets MHRA approval in European first

Landmark approval for once-daily GLP-1 pill welcomed, but NPA raises black market concerns

11 Jun 2026

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Peak Pharmacy issues CapEx warning as it posts £8.6m pre-tax loss

Peak owners say they are ‘not willing to inject further funds at a loss to themselves’

11 Jun 2026

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Boots public listing could be abandoned as rivals bid for $10bn acquisition

Australian and Canadian bidders reportedly vying to buy the UK’s largest pharmacy multiple

10 Jun 2026

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Asda pharmacies offer £2 ‘bonus’ to customers who seek insect bite advice

Supermarket chain offering reward card customers £2 if they present with an insect bite

09 Jun 2026

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Boots sees annual profit rise by 24% to £260m despite dip in pharmacy revenue

Thriving beauty category and online sales drove chain’s profit in the year to September

09 Jun 2026

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Paper prescriptions ‘forged by surgery staff to gain access to Mounjaro’

Security firm sounds alarm over ‘pattern of fraud’ involving forged GP signatures

05 Jun 2026

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Kamsons profitable despite 37% drop in EBITDA, accounts reveal

Turnover and gross profit rise at Kamsons despite director’s inflation warning

04 Jun 2026

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Atorvastatin was most dispensed medicine in England in 2025-26

The statin is the most dispensed medicine since 2016-17, while 78 million items were dispensed in 2025-26.

04 Jun 2026

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Alliance delivery driver in court over £4k Ozempic theft

Driver employed by the wholesaler for 23 years kept stolen Ozempic pens in his fridge, court hears

02 Jun 2026

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Over 70% of English pharmacies yet to file DSPT as deadline looms

With the end of the month deadline looming, 7,409 out of 10,293 pharmacies in England have yet to file their 2026 DSPT.

02 Jun 2026

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Funding boost ‘far short’ of what pharmacies need say MPs

Contract announcement won’t end ‘manifestly unfair’ business rates impact says Lib Dem MP

02 Jun 2026

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Cohens Chemist posts £9.2m loss for 2024-25 financial year

Cohens posts another consecutive loss but welcomes EBIDTA improvement

29 May 2026

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