POM to P — implications for practice pharmacists
The deregulation of medicines from prescription-only to pharmacy medicine is considered in the context of initiatives to widen legal access to medicines
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Medicines Control Agency proposes to simplify and accelerate the medicines reclassification process
Proposals for a new process to change the legal status of medicines have been put forward by the Medicines Control Agency
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Overhaul of POM-to-P reclassification could mean big changes for pharmacy
A document detailing potential candidates for POM-to-P reclassification was published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain in February 2002
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Concern at effects of new POM-to-P proposals
A proposed new process for changing the legal status of medicines in the United Kingdom could deter licence holders from seeking change, warns the Community Pharmacists Group Committee
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To switch or not: pharmacists' opinions
What do pharmacists think about the POM-to-P overhaul announced earlier this year?
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European system devised to identify potential prescription to OTC switches
A taskforce of the Association of the European Self-Medication Industry (AESGP) has devised a flowchart that it says can be used to decide whether chronic conditions are suitable for self-treatment with over-the-counter medicines
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Lifting advertising ban could lead to more switches to pharmacy medicines
More medicines are likely to be switched to pharmacy medicine status next year as a result of plans to lift the current ban on advertising non-prescription medicines for a range of chronic diseases
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