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First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Innovate UK-supported life science company Phynova finds further evidence that its plant-based food ingredient promotes healthy blood sugar.
Enforcement officers from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have seized 23,000 doses of potentially dangerous slimming pills, with an estimated value of £30,000, during a raid on an address in Waterlooville, Hampshire.
Sitaxentan (Thelin▼) withdrawn due to hepatotoxicity.
An integrated pest management strategy provides new ways to control a major pest of aubergines.
Coadministration of a corticosteroid with an HIV-treatment-boosting agent may increase the risk of adrenal suppression due to a pharmacokinetic interaction.
How UK aid is tackling malnutrition in the heart of Africa with Action Against Hunger
There have been reports of necrotising and haemorrhagic pancreatitis in people taking exenatide some of which were fatal - stop exenatide treatment if pancreatitis is diagnosed.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is working in partnership with Slimming World as part of the Agency’s wider #FakeMeds Campaign to encourage those wanting to lose weight to turn to safe, legitimate and appropriate routes.
The use of hazardous pesticides used to control eggplant borer has been reduced by the introduction of an integrated pest management system
Fake, potentially harmful Ozempic and Saxenda pens have been found in the UK: you should only access these medicines via a medical prescription.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Gedeon Richter (UK) Ltd is recalling all unexpired stock of Esmya 5 mg tablets from patients, pharmacies and wholesalers following a new case of liver failure requiring liver transplant in a patient taking the medicine.
Patients who require a liquid oral formulation of a β-agonist should be switched to a more-selective short-acting β2-agonist such as salbutamol or terbutaline.
Food manufacturers have begun to use an innovative ingredient after a successful project to scale up production to gain regulatory approval.
Use in women who are planning pregnancy should be avoided unless absolutely necessary, in which case the potential risks and benefits should be discussed
Defra has committed to working with industry to reduce methane emissions in livestock through the use of methane-suppressing feed products
Risks of Nicobrevin outweigh any benefits.
Use during breastfeeding
A husband and wife from Bootle have today been sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court for the illegal online sale of unlicensed slimming pills.
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