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Pharmaceutical manufacturers maintain complex, global supply chains with both upstream suppliers and downstream distributors and customers. With so many factors shaping the landscape--ranging from the pandemic, volatility in raw materials, [...]

Byline: Nandita Vijay The pharma companies' thrust on R&D to develop better medicines and the demand in hospitals for advanced medical technologies driven by artificial intelligence, remote patient monitoring and [...]

Payers are trying to figure out how to provide access to patients who would benefit from weight loss drugs such as semaglutide while also controlling costs. The demand for semaglutide [...]

High demand for popular diabetes drugs that are being prescribed for weight loss, reportedly fueled by social media trends, continues to put pressure on supply. Influencers and celebrities on social [...]

Byline: Our Bureau The supply of vaccines for Covid-19 may meet up or even outstrip the demand in India by the third quarter of this year, given the number of [...]

Byline: Shardul Nautiyal Pharma logistics sector has seen increased activity in the past few months fuelled by growing demand from home-based diagnostics sector. Home-based diagnostics has seen a huge uptick [...]

Byline: Shardul Nautiyal Following National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) directive to address the demand of tocilizumab injection in government hospitals in Gujarat for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, the Mumbai-based [...]

Byline: Laxmi YadavThe acute shortage of rabies vaccine, Rabipur and tetanus vaccine, Bett manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline India and Biological E Limited respectively has led to proliferation of the black market [...]

Rising numbers of confirmed cases of COVID-19, hospitalizations, and deaths as the last quarter of 2020 began signaled what may be the predicted second wave of the global coronavirus pandemic. [...]

The RPSGB has called on the government to use emergency powers to solve drugs shortages and to hold a public inquiry into the crisis. The Society has written to the [...]

Manufacturers have hit back at allegations of short supply, with figures suggesting drug supply to the UK is greater than demand. Responding to reports from wholesalers that they are unable [...]

'I blame everything on Gordon Brown. But it's manufacturers - they're trying to stop us and everybody else parallel exporting. At the end of the day it's the government who [...]

Singulair 4mg paediatric granules (montelukast) There is a temporary shortage of this product, which should be resolved by April 2009. Chewable Singulair tablets may be used as an alternative. MSD, [...]

A national stock and supply monitoring system to identify potential medicine shortages early could move a step closer next month. A British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers working group is set [...]

Stock shortages of branded medicines headlined a discussion of pharmacists' concerns at a local pharmaceutical committee's annual general meeting last week. GP Stuart Ward agreed with Hampshire & Isle of [...]

Increased risk of out-of-stocks as government cuts branded medicine prices, PSNC and wholesalers warn Jennifer Richardson Pharmacists should brace themselves for worsening stock shortages over the next three months, PSNC [...]

While the instability caused by last year's dramatic category M clawback continues to spark debate, the tariff has since maintained a stable footing. The latest revision shows no significant change [...]

Migraleve Yellow tablets 48s (paracetamol, codeine) Discontinued due to range optimisation. Johnson & Johnson, tel: 01628 822222. Trinordial tablets (ethinylestradiol, levonorgestrel) Discontinued immediately following supply issues and resultant low demand. [...]

Amoxil 125mg/5ml and 250mg/5ml syrup 100ml (amoxicillin) Discontinued by GSK due to low demand. Kenalog triamcinolone acetonide 1ml syringes and packs of 5 x 1ml vials Out of stock. Bristol-Myers [...]

Patients who have not yet switched from Exubera have been given a reprieve by maker Pfizer. Although the company originally said that the inhaled insulin product would be phased out [...]

Industry Companies continue to pursue distribution supply deals Wesley Yin-Poole The OFT's investigation into drugs supply in the UK will not stop leading medicine manufacturers pursuing plans to set up [...]

Industry Plans will study impact of new medicines supply models on competition, the NHS and patients Max Gosney and Tom Hawkins The Office of Fair Trading decision to investigate drugs [...]

Pfizer has warned pharmacists that stocks of Zarontin 250mg capsules (ethosuximide) are likely to run out in early May. The company has recommended that all patients taking Zarontin capsules should [...]

The gap between demand and supply and a lack of planning and capacity development among the academic workforce are two major issues facing pharmacy, according to the RPSGB. Responding to [...]

Having posted a strong set of financials that impressed investors (NI vol 11, no 3), shares in Martek Biosciences Corp of Columbia, USA, were given a boost with the news [...]

Ross Ferguson explains how to help patients whose medication has been discontinued Supply problems in pharmacy seem to be occurring with increasing frequency. The first sign may be when you [...]

A manufacturing problem is currently affecting the supply of Efexor 75mg tablets (venlafaxine). No other presentations or strengths are affected. For more information: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Tel: 01628 604377 Copyright: CMP [...]

Jane Ellis discusses some of the practical aspects of stoma care from the point of view of those who live with stomas Around 100,000 people in the UK have a [...]

Supply and remuneration for stoma appliances are being reviewed. Jane Ellis looks at the lead Scotland is taking and describes the situation in England Contractors in Scotland are to be [...]

Government plans to pay appliance contractors less for supplying stoma products could affect the quality of services, patient groups have warned. Proposals to reimburse appliance contractors the same as pharmacists [...]

Pharmacies in Manchester and Salford will supply chlamydia testing kits to women purchasing the morning-after pill as part of a university study from January. The University of Manchester study will [...]

Promazine 25mg tablets will be unavailable from Teva UK until the first quarter of 2006. Teva - the only manufacturer of promazine tablets in the UK - says the shortage [...]

Wyeth has said it is unlikely to resolve the supply issues it is experiencing within the next two months. The affected products are Ovranette and Premique Cycle tablets, Novantrone vials [...]

Despite consumer concerns for `wellness' to help stave off illness, the overall market for OTC medicines and food supplements was static last year, according to new figures from PAGB. Research [...]

Intrapharm has announced that Hypaque Infusion 25 per cent 250ml is available after being out of stock for several months. Supplies can be ordered from Farillon by telephoning 01708 379000, [...]

Belfarmatsia, a drugs producer in Belarus, said in early February that there will be no shortage of vitamins and powders to combat influenza in the state-run network of drug stores, [...]

Hansam HealthCare has announced there is a short-term supply problem with Pro-Banthine Tablets 15mg (propantheline bromide). Limited emergency stocks are available through Hansam (tel: 0870 241 3019). New supplies are [...]

For the first time in around 30 years, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is considering the revision of marketing approval standards for non-prescription herbal medicines. The Ministry [...]

Quality assurance for finished pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) includes the specification and control of those components that have product contact during manufacturing, that is, the [...]

Declines are still being felt in pharmacies as the sales shift towards grocers continues. This shift is slowing, however. Gaviscon still holds the number one spot and, while sales are [...]

APS Berk has announced that stilboestrol 1mg and 5mg tablets will not be available until early 2004. This is due to supply problems with the raw material. For more information: [...]

Novo Nordisk has announced that it is now unable to supply further stocks of Actrapid 1.5ml Penfill, Insulatard 1.5ml Penfill and Mixtard 30 1.5ml Penfill. It will continue to supply [...]

GlaxoSmithKline is announcing that it expects stocks of certain discontinued medicines will be exhausted during September and October. GSK expects that stocks of Ervevax, (single rubella vaccine) will be exhausted [...]

There is no date for when Zemtard (diltiazem) 180mg XL capsules will be back in stock, says Galen. The shortage is due to a problem in obtaining stocks from the [...]