‘Sunscreen contouring’, ‘freckling’ and DIY chemical peels are among the concerning trends people are absorbing online
Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA)
Medicines for Ireland strategic review calls for agreement with Department of Health on supply and pricing of off-patent medicines
Among products seized by HPRA last year were sedatives, erectile disfunction and weight loss drugs
High cost of cell and gene therapies often dwarfed by lifetime cost of otherwise treating patient
‘Coffin tablet’: Renewed calls for prescription drug feared to be ‘new OxyContin’ to be reclassified
Pregabalin is licensed in Ireland to treat epilepsy, nerve pain and general anxiety disorders and has been implicated in many postmortems
More than 300 medicines were in short supply as of mid-December amid record levels of shortages
Ireland should compile essential medicines list and use available pricing tools to make market more attractive, says generics specialist Azure Pharma
Proposals would lower time period a company has protection over research behind drugs they develop
This year, the HPRA has seized 254 units of fake semaglutide, compared to 32 units in all of 2022
Correspondence between health officials details 'high level of concern' about obesity drug shortages
Novo Nordisk profits surging due to huge demand for obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy
Website advertising Ozempic for sale online falsely using address of north Dublin pharmacy
‘Notable escalation’ in online activity related to advertisement of products that can cause long-term damage
Department of Health says resources necessary to progress scheme were directed towards Covid-19 public health response
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