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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Julia Kollewe

Members of vaccine taskforce to be reassigned to HRT crisis

Sajid Javid
The health secretary has rationed supplies of hormone replacement therapy, imposing ‘serious shortage protocols’. Photograph: Ian Davidson/Sopa/Rex/Shutterstock

The UK health secretary has promised to deploy more members of the vaccine taskforce to a new group set up to fix the acute shortage of hormone replacement therapy products for menopausal women, after holding crisis talks with HRT manufacturers and pharmacies.

At a meeting with drugmakers such as Aspen Pharmacare, Novartis, Novo Nordisk Pfizer, Theramex and representatives from community pharmacies, Sajid Javid said the government would “leave no stone unturned in our national mission to boost supply of HRT”.

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