Alliance The medical information department at Alliance Pharmaceuticals Ltd will be closed from noon on December 24 until 9am on January 4, 2000. An emergency service will be provided on 01793 710170. Sales order inquiries can be made on December 29 and 30 with McGregor Cory on 01295 277888.
Astra Zeneca The offices of Astra Zeneca Plc will be closed from 5pm on December 23 until 8am on January 4, 2000. An emergency service will be provided on 01923 266191 or 0385 577240. Urgent medical information inquiries for all Astra Zeneca products will be handled on December 24, 29 and 30 between 9am and 4pm on 01923 266191. The customer services department will be open at the same times for urgent orders on 01536 424254.
Boehringer Ingelheim The medical information department at Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd will be closed from 12.30pm on December 24 until 8.45am on January 4, 2000. An emergency service will be provided on 01344 424600.
Cox The offices of Cox Pharmaceuticals will be closed from noon on December 24 and reopen from 8.30am to 7pm on December 29 and 30. The offices will reopen at 8.30am on January 4, 2000.
Eisai The offices of Eisai Ltd will be closed from 5pm on December 24 until 8.30am on January 4, 2000. An emergency service will be provided on 020 8600 1400.
Eldon The offices of Eldon Laboratories will be closed from 2.30pm on December 24. The offices will be open as normal on December 29 and from 8.30am to 4pm on December 30, reopening on January 4, 2000.
Hoechst The offices of Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd will be closed from 5pm on December 23 until 8.15am on January 4, 2000. An emergency service will be provided on 01895 834343.
Martindale The offices of Martindale Pharmaceuticals will be open on December 29 and 30 from 9am to 4pm.
MCA The offices of the Medicines Control Agency will operate a limited service from 10am to 4pm on December 29 and 30 on 020 7273 0000. No electronic communications will be dealt with between December 24 and January 4, 2000.
Novartis The offices of Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd will be closed from December 25 to 28 and from December 31 to January 3, 2000. An emergency service will be provided on 01403 323257. The offices will open as normal on December 29 and 30.
Parke-Davis The medical information department at Parke-Davis & Co Ltd will be closed from noon on December 24 until 9am on January 4, 2000. An emergency service will be provided on 0161 767 2000. The company's customer service department will be open on December 29 and 30.
Schering The offices of Schering Health Care Ltd will be closed from December 24 until January 4, 2000.
Tatford Graham Tatford & Co Ltd will provide a normal morning service on December 24 with the warehouse closing at 4pm. On December 28, electronic orders may be transmitted before noon for delivery the next day. A normal service will operate on December 29 and 30. On January 3, 2000, electronic orders may be transmitted before noon for delivery the next day. The following numbers can be used in an emergency: 07880 824361 (December 25 and 31), 07880 834262 (December 26 and January 1, 2000), 07881 641428 (December 27 and January 2, 2000), 07867 773295 (December 28 and January 3, 2000).