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Batch of blood pressure capsules recalled after potential manufacturing error

Crescent Pharma Limited recalled a batch of Ramipril 10mg capsules after some cartons contained blister strips of a lower dose.

21 Apr 2026

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Pharmacy supervision changes enacted at last

Pharmacists can now authorise support staff to hand out checked and bagged prescriptions.

08 Jan 2026

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Pharmacy Magazine: the first 10 years

It was 30 years ago that the launch issue of Pharmacy Magazine rolled off the presses. But what else was making the headlines in community pharmacy back then? Patrick Grice delves into the archives.

07 Nov 2025

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Thirty years of Pharmacy Magazine

This month sees Pharmacy Magazine’s 30th anniversary issue. A lot has happened since our launch in October 1995, writes editor Richard Thomas.

10 Oct 2025

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RPS toolkit fails to address dispensing confusion, coroner rules after diabetic’s death

The assistant coroner for Cheshire Elizabeth Wheeler said 'a ‘month’ is being inconsistently defined. Sometimes it means 28 days, sometimes it is a calendar month".

04 Jul 2025

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Alphega members ponder future of pharmacy

Over 200 pharmacists and sector leaders have gathered to plot the path ahead at Alphega UK’s annual convention.

01 Jul 2025

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Valla: ‘Step up, speak up and start shaping the future’

... but a sustainable future for community pharmacy can’t be built from thin air, warns Avicenna boss.

15 May 2025

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Sigma Conference 2025

Click on the link to access the live stream from day 1 of the conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.

12 May 2025

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GPhC receives record FtP concerns amid capacity worries

Organisational capacity still a challenge for regulator as it receives record complaint numbers.

11 Jun 2024

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Lack of practice-based research holding back new services

Leading academic calls for more evidence-based community pharmacy practice to underpin new services.

16 Oct 2023

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Pharmacogenomics: an update

This module aims to update community pharmacists' knowledge of pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics, and how they explain the variations seen in drug responses.

24 Apr 2023

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Key clinical developments in 2022

This module provides a summary of important clinical developments in 2022 relevant to community pharmacy practice.

08 Dec 2022

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Viatris Connections 2

Learn why you need to view things from a different perspective, because the best way to connect with other healthcare professionals is to recognise and understand how they see things.

21 Sep 2022

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Viatris Connections 4

In this final video in the Confident Connections series, presenter Tony Woods sums up what you have learned so far in the series, and talks about how different groups of stakeholders can impact on your project and how you should approach them.

21 Sep 2022

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Consultations about first prescriptions

This module supports pharmacists when consulting with patients prescribed a medicine for the first time.

16 Mar 2022

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