Jun 18, 2024
Prompted by a Client’s questions about Category M and the formula that goes behind it to drive Pharmacy profitability, we asked Charles Joynson, WaveData MD, to have a closer look at Category M to see if he can make any sense of it. Initially that we assumed that the...
Jun 6, 2024
What happens when the department of health (DHSC) agree an increase in the reimbursement price of a brand (VPAS or VPAG)? How does this affect parallel imports? Charles Joynson, WaveData MD, looked at four products which had both had increases in reimbursement and...
May 23, 2024
Dr. Leyla Hannbeck, Chief Executive of the Independent Pharmacies Association, has reported that pharmacies are completely out of stock of Clarithromycin. This antibiotic is used to treat children with whooping cough and pharmacies are now having to turn patients away...
May 15, 2024
The current Ozempic shortage has been driven by the increase in demand as the drug is being used to treat obese patients for long term weight management, in addition to the original group of type 2 diabetes patients. A study run by the University College London (UCL),...
Apr 8, 2024
On the 15th of March the Health Distributor Association (HDA) reported that there was a critical shortage in hospitals of these life-saving medicines used as rescue medication by patients with asthma, emphysema and bronchitis. Hospitals have been advised to place...
Mar 20, 2024
Concessions are granted when products are in short supply and their prices are starting to rise. It would seem sensible to assume that products with low reimbursement prices are more likely to experience supply difficulties simply because the manufacturer cannot make...
