PHARMACEUTICAL wholesalers in the UK have urged that pharmacists be given the right to substitute drugs on prescriptions in the event of a "no-deal" Brexit which is likely to lead to significant medicine shortages.
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has backed the call, adding that the government should also consider relaxing legislation to "allow pharmacists to share and use other pharmacies' medicines" to deal with shortage, according to a Chemist + Druggist report.
Martin Sawer, Executive Director of wholesaler organisation the Healthcare Distribution Association has also urged that all wholesale licences should be suspended for a limited time in the event of a no-deal Brexit, to prevent the exporting of medicines that should be kept in the UK.
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