drug shortages

HRT tsar returns to previous role overseeing COVID-19 boosters

Madelaine McTernan, who was recently appointed hormone-replacement therapy (“HRT”) tsar, to help deal with UK supply issues, has returned to her previous role overseeing vaccines. This is ahead of the planned autumn COVID-19 booster campaign set to commence on 5 September 2022 in England. What is the current status with menopause medication? The Department of …

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High Street Chemists suffer a hay-fever pill shortage

High Street chemists in the UK are running out of some hay-fever medicine, as a UK industry-wide shortage has hit supplies. At the end of April, the Government also appointed a hormone-replacement therapy (“HRT”) tsar to tackle drug shortages affecting products used by women with menopause symptoms. This drug shortage is now also affecting stocks …

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