New pharmacy rules ‘should reduce dispensing mistakes’ – BBC News
‘Health ministers want to introduce an airline-style error reporting system for the UK’s high street pharmacies.’
BBC News, 24th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: medicines
Fake Viagra gang members sentenced for ‘large-scale criminal enterprise’ – The Guardian
‘Members of a gang that made up to £60,000 a week selling fake Viagra through a bogus mail order fishing tackle business have been sentenced for their part in what was described by a judge as a “highly organised, large-scale criminal enterprise”.’
The Guardian, 13th April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Yarl’s Wood migrant ‘can sue government over prescribed drug’ – BBC News
‘A migrant who claims her psychosis was triggered by medication given to her at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre is to be allowed to sue the government.’
BBC News, 1st April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The new drug-driving offence – Park Square Barristers
‘For many years, there has been a prescribed limit to the amount of alcohol one may have in one’s system when driving, but there has been no parallel legislation or specified limit in relation to drug-driving, prescribed or otherwise.’
Park Square Barristers, 24th February 2015
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
Branded drugs and over-stickering: when is 8.62% a substantial part? – Technology Law Update
‘A brand-owner generally wants to use the same brand across several countries, but there are industries where national branding is common. Pharmaceuticals is one. In a free trade bloc like the EU this leads to a tension between the free movement of goods and protection of IP rights. The interplay of the EU rules in this area has come under the spotlight in SEP v Doncaster.’
Technology Law Update, 6th March 2015
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Legal highs and prescription drugs face ban in English and Welsh prisons – The Guardian
‘The justice secretary will be able to ban any legal drug inside prisons, including prescription drugs and “legal highs”, under a crackdown to start this week.’
The Guardian, 26th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Further appeal against European Commission ‘pay for delay’ patent settlement decision – Zenith Chambers
‘The European Commission’s controversial infringement decision relating to ‘pay for delay’ pharmaceutical patent settlements is subject to a further challenge.’
Zenith Chambers, 23rd December 2014
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
‘Angel of Death’ murders: TV investigation casts doubt over conviction of Colin Norris – Daily Telegraph
‘New scientific evidence casts fresh doubt on the conviction of a nurse who was jailed for a minimum of 30 years for murdering four elderly women and attempting to kill another, according a TV investigation.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Selection’ patents invalid unless they make ‘plausible’ technical contribution, rules High Court – OUT-LAW.com
‘Pharmaceutical companies stand to lose patent monopolies that cover a number of individual compounds within a broader chemical formula if they cannot show a plausible link between the compounds covered by the patent and a technical contribution to treatment claimed in the patent, the High Court has confirmed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 4th December 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Les Laboratoires Servier and another (Appellants) v Apotex Inc and Others (Respondents) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 29th October 2014
Mother cleared of poisoning teenager daughter with hormones supplied by Belgian doctor says case should be landmark for parents’ rights – The Independent
‘A mother cleared of poisoning her daughter after taking desperate measures to treat a chronic condition has said that the case should be used as a landmark for other parents finding care for their children outside the NHS.’
The Independent, 30th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Principle that profiteering from illegal acts should be prevented does not apply to patent infringements, rules Supreme Court – OUT-LAW.com
‘A legal principle designed to prevent businesses from profiteering from illegal acts does not apply if that profiteering would stem from infringing patent rights, the UK Supreme Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th October 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Vicky Davies jailed for 12 weeks for abusing 999 service – BBC News
‘A woman who called the emergency services 200 times in two years with fake symptoms to get pain medication was “depleting life-saving resources” from the health service, say officials.’
BBC News, 21st October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mother Mary Kidson ‘plied daughter with unnecessary medication’ – The Independent
‘A mother poisoned her daughter by plying her with a cocktail of drugs obtained by touring the clinics of multiple doctors until she was prescribed the medication she had decided the teenager needed, a court heard today.’
The Independent, 13th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Criminal extradited from Spain and jailed for non-payment of UK Confiscation Order – Crown Prosecution Service
‘Martin Hickman, who was convicted in relation to the illegal sale and supply of medicinal products in 2009, has been extradited from Spain and jailed for 10 years after failure to pay a confiscation order made against him in 2012 at Southwark Crown Court.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 2nd October 2014
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Zack Hider inquest: Surgery ‘overdose’ caused baby’s death – BBC News
‘A 19-day-old boy died after being given four times the solution needed to stop his heart during surgery, a coroner has ruled.’
BBC News, 15th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gloria Foster inquest: ‘Neglect contributed to death’ – BBC News
‘Neglect contributed to the death of an elderly woman found dying at home nine days after her care agency was shut in a police raid, a coroner has concluded.’
BBC News, 10th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Two men cleared of manslaughter after slimmer died from drinking weedkiller – The Guardian
‘Two men have been cleared of the manslaughter of a slimmer who died after drinking weedkiller that was given to him as a weight-loss aid at his local gym.’
The Guardian, 11th August 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
NHS worker jailed over theft of £642,000 earmarked for cancer drugs – The Guardian
‘An NHS worker who played an integral role in a fraud that diverted more than half a million pounds from a world-leading cancer hospital has been jailed for four years.’
The Guardian, 29th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government launches inquiry over 100 suspicious deaths at a Hampshire hospital – The Independent
‘A Hillsborough-style inquiry to investigate up to 100 suspicious deaths at a Hampshire hospital during the 1990s is set to be announced by the Government today [9 July].’
The Independent, 9th July 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
