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Suspected drug deaths in Scotland increase in October and November

Public Health Scotland also released an alert for a new synthetic opioid being found on Scotland’s streets and in prisons.

The Independent UK

Amazon launches a subscription prescription drug service

Amazon is adding a prescription drug discount program to its growing health care business

The Independent UK

Scottish Government accused of wasting millions with ineffective 'placebo' drugs policy

A damning study claims large grants have been channelled to the same organisations again and again, despite previous failures to improve death rates.

Daily Record

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AMA calls for medication plan amid amoxicillin antibiotic shortage

The peak body says the amoxicillin shortage is "potentially fatal" and cannot be addressed soon enough.

ABC News

Women and patients on more medicines ‘at higher risk of adverse drug reaction’

Patients prescribed 10 or more medicines had a threefold increased risk of experiencing an ADR, scientists said.

The Independent UK

Melbourne’s injecting room delay puts lives at risk as heroin overdoses spike in CBD

Stalled progress on the city’s second safe-injecting facility is heaping pressure on community health professionals

The Guardian - AU

TGA declares widely used antibiotic amoxicillin 'scarce' as stocks drop to record lows

A nationwide shortage of the widely used oral antibiotic amoxicillin has triggered an emergency response by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.

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Drug giant Sun Pharma warned over manufacturing violations. What does this mean for Australia?

Questions have been raised about how Australia ensures the quality of its imported medicines after a major pharmaceutical company was warned over lapses in contamination control and manufacturing practices.

ABC News

Gallego launches bid to unseat Sinema

"The rich and powerful don't need any more advocates in Washington," Gallego said as polls show Sinema in trouble

Salon

Captagon trade: How Syria became a narco-state

Captagon is a synthetic drug that has turned Syria into a narco-state. The illicit industry behind this amphetamine is estimated to be worth billions of dollars, with over 400 million tablets seized in the Middle East in 2021. So who is profiting from this trafficking? Where is the drug produced?…

France 24

Lib Dems: Ease NHS crisis with more GPs and giving pharmacists further powers

The party is launching a plan it says will help fix the pressures on the health service.

The Independent UK

Don't trust Big Pharma's ads, study says

Yale and Harvard researchers found the drugs with big ad spends aren't generally the best drugs. Here's why

Salon

Man accused of duping people in Delhi nabbed from Himachal Pradesh

NEW DELHI: A 26-year-old man identified as Himanshu Gautam was arrested from Himachal Pradesh for allegedly cheating people on the pretext of selling pharmaceutical products, police said on Sunday. He is a resident of Parwanoo in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district, they said.

The Times of India

Creating a safer fentanyl. How UF researchers are making the deadly drug less addictive

MIAMI — A group of scientists say they’ve created a safer version of fentanyl that could potentially diminish the drug’s addictive side effects, which have resulted in annual deaths of tens of thousands of people across the United States.

Miami Herald

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Tribune News Service

Juul settlement to end youth-vaping lawsuits gets initial approval

Juul Labs Inc. won preliminary approval of a settlement aimed at resolving thousands of lawsuits targeting the e-cigarette maker as a major cause of a US youth-vaping epidemic.

The Independent UK

FTC asks judge to hold Martin Shkreli in contempt for breaking pharma ban

Shkreli received lifetime ban from industry over monopoly pricing on life-saving Daraprim drug

The Independent UK

Lilly shares slip as FDA seeks more Alzheimer's drug data

Eli Lilly shares slipped Friday morning after regulators said they need to see more data on the company’s application for a quick approval of its potential Alzheimer’s disease treatment

AAP

GPs blast 'out-of-control' pharmacists

The peak bodies for GPs and pharmacy owners have traded insults, including accusations of being "out of control" and whipping up a media frenzy.

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The Independent UK

Chemicals for possible fentanyl production seized in Arizona

U.S. agents in southern Arizona say they seized up to 440 pounds of what they suspect is a precursor chemical often used to manufacture the dangerous drug fentanyl

Manchester Evening News

Sainsbury's to lose 237 in-store pharmacies across UK

LloydsPharmacy is ending its services with the supermarket, but official closure dates are yet to be confirmed

The Guardian - UK

Frost renews call to exclude medicines from Northern Ireland Brexit rules

Industry figures warn of supply ‘cliff edge’ when new regulations come into effect in December

Salon

Abortion pill sites give Google data

Law enforcement can potentially use this data to prosecute people who end their pregnancies with medication

The Independent UK

W.Va. announces $83 million opioid settlement with Walgreens

West Virginia has settled for $83 million with Walgreens for the pharmacy store chain’s role in perpetuating the opioid crisis in the U.S. state with the most per capita overdose deaths

The National (Scotland)

Scottish cannabis farm secures £2 million in bid to become UK leader

SCOTLAND'S first medical cannabis production facility has secured £2 million in private investment to become one of the largest producers in the UK…

Tribune News Service

FDA suit accuses Florida company of making and selling ‘adulterated’ drugs

The Food and Drug Administration has filed a lawsuit accusing a Boca Raton pharmaceutical manufacturer of selling “adulterated” drugs and failure to correct violations cited by the FDA in 2018.

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