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‘For now, nothing changes’: Boots shareholders approve £18bn private equity takeover

Shareholders vote overwhelmingly in favour of takeover, email reveals

11 Jul 2025

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‘Indirect’ promotion of weight loss jabs is illegal too, says watchdog

Fresh ASA warning amid online pharmacy crackdowns

10 Jul 2025

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‘Indirect’ promotion of weight loss jabs is illegal too, says watchdog

Fresh ASA warning amid online pharmacy crackdowns

10 Jul 2025

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NHS to launch 42 neighbourhood health services in September

Government sets a tight deadline for getting local services up and running

10 Jul 2025

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'World first': MHRA approves non-hormonal treatment for hot flushes in menopause

MHRA boasts world first as it approves Lynkuet for vasomotor symptoms in menopause

09 Jul 2025

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Pharma company: We use ‘dual sourcing’ of molecules to prevent bottlenecks

Cost concerns stop many industry players from using dual sourcing of APIs, says manufacturer

08 Jul 2025

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Medicines shortages a 'chronic structural challenge' says APPG

Disruptions to medicine supply chains causing harm to patients and placing an unsustainable burden on community pharmacies, says APPG inquiry.

08 Jul 2025

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‘No limit’: Day Lewis open to all stores being ‘co-owned’ by pharmacists

'We see co-ownership as the way forward' says the chain's joint venture manager

07 Jul 2025

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AI software will improve NHS app to direct patients to pharmacies by 2028

The My Choices option on the app will allow patients to find the nearest pharmacy and leave feedback on its services.

04 Jul 2025

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Knights Pharmacy gets eight-figure loan to fund Valleys expansion

The chain now operates more than 70 stores across England and Wales

03 Jul 2025

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NHS 10-year plan promises expansion of pharmacy’s role in neighbourhood health service

The plan set out Labour's vision of a neighbourhood health service which will drive its prevention-of-disease agenda.

03 Jul 2025

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Starmer hints at weight loss jabs in pharmacies during NHS 10-year speech

Keir Starmer raised the possibility of pharmacies providing weight loss jabs and appeared to contradict chief pharmaceutical officer David Webb in the process.

03 Jul 2025

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MHRA seizes £17m of drugs and shuts down 367 websites

Watchdog seizes 7.7 million doses of sleeping pills and other black market medicines

02 Jul 2025

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Locum agency considered legal action against Allcures over alleged late booking payments

Team Locum operations manager Mark Blackburn said Allcures owe it £312 in fees. Allcures director Kirandeep Cheema said he is looking into the claim.

02 Jul 2025

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Pharmacy First “working well” for patients says watchdog

...but more research needed to test outcomes before expanding service, Healthwatch suggests.

01 Jul 2025

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UK trust in pharmacists – and AI scepticism – among the highest in Europe

Britons like brick-and-mortar convenience and harbour AI privacy concerns, finds survey

01 Jul 2025

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