Pharmacists in England have warned that they are struggling to obtain many common generic medicines, as the number of medicines on the ‘shortage of supply’ list has almost doubled since October 2018. Pharmacists are paying higher prices as a result.
While the UK Department of Health and Social Care had agreed to pay a premium for 45 medicines in October, the figure now sits at 80 medicines as shortages drive prices up.
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