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GPhC confirms 6% fee increase from September and postpones 2026 decision

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

However, plans for an additional rise in 2026 have been put on hold to allow for further reflection on concerns raised by registrants. When the uplift was first mooted by the GPhC in January, it also proposed to rise fees by a further 6% from September 2026 as part of a move to set fees for the next two years.

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Upgrade digital systems in hospital pharmacy, RPS says as Government spending review boosts NHS

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is calling on the Government to commit to upgrading digital systems in hospital pharmacy as the chancellor Rachel Reeves announces her much-anticipated spending review. The NHS will receive a £29bn real terms funding boost over the next three years, Ms Reeves said.

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Netty Cracknell on the current state and future trajectory of pharmacy in cancer services

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

And more specifically for pharmacists working in hospitals, there is also the potential for AI to be used to clinically verify or screen prescriptions and highlight those that need more input from an experienced oncology pharmacist due to specific parameters not being met.’

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Aseptic services supervision divides opinion but Government plan gets go-ahead

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Supervision in hospital aseptic facilities The third proposal outlined in the legislation will enable suitably qualified and experienced pharmacy technicians to be responsible for a hospital aseptic facility without having to act under the supervision or authorisation of a pharmacist.

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BioOrbit eyes 2026 for pre-clinical trials of space manufactured protein crystals

Pharmaceutical Technology

BioOrbit aims to kick off pre-clinical trials to study protein crystals for monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) produced in a pharmaceutical factory in space in 2026. Then, we will need to run pre-clinical trials of these crystals, which will be in 2026 or 2027. Image credit: Rini. com/ Shutterstock.

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UK enacts law to decentralise manufacture of personalised treatments

Pharmaceutical Technology

Find out more Introduced by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), it will allow patients to receive personalised treatments made at their hospital, clinic or near their homes. Reports Prescriber Opinions on Biosimilars in Immunology Data Insights The gold standard of business intelligence.

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Pharmacists Can Simplify the Vaccine Schedule

Pharmacy Times

Patients should be informed that the 2025-2026 influenza vaccines will be trivalent, covering 2 influenza A strains (H1N1 and an updated H3N2) and 1 B/Victoria lineage strain, as the B/Yamagata lineage is no longer circulating. 5 This option should be available for patients for the 2025-2026 flu season.