‘No-Deal Brexit’ Pharmacy Substitution Rules Take Effect In UK
Executive Summary
UK pharmacists can now dispense a different medicine from the one prescribed, even if it contains a different active ingredient, under new laws on “serious shortage protocols” that came into force on 1 July as part of the government’s “no-deal Brexit” preparations.
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