The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has introduced new rules for weight-loss jabs, such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, in ...

Plus Louise Edwards, chief strategy officer & deputy registrar at the General Pharmaceutical Council, on tougher new rules to ...

Around half a million Britons are now thought to be using the medication, which can help them lose up to 20 per cent of their ...

Pharmacists must verify a person’s body mass index (BMI) via a video consultation, in person, or through accessing GP or ...

Amid growing concern of the overuse and misuse of obesity drugs, the UK’s pharmacies regulator rolled out stricter guidelines ...

Online pharmacies in England, Wales, and Scotland will have to carry out stricter checks on people who are buying weight loss drugs, under new regulatory guidance. Pharmacists will no longer be able ...

Pharmacy regulator warns some people with history of eating disorders wrongly obtaining medicines such as Wegovy or Mounjaro ...

Previously, the drugs were able to be prescribed through an email chat, from questionnaires or by people sending in photos of ...

Weight-loss drugs have also now been added to the list of “high-risk” medicines requiring extra safeguards. Any decision not ...

Online pharmacies will need a proper consultation, not just a patient's questionnaire, to prescribe jabs such as Mounjaro ...

Weight-loss drugs have also now been added to the list of “high-risk” medicines requiring extra safeguards. If pharmacists do ...