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Manchester family locked up for illegal sale and supply of unlicensed medicines worth £1.5m
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Three men have been sentenced to a total of three years at Manchester Crown Court after pleading guilty to the illegal sale and supply online of prescription-only medicines and controlled Class B and Class C drugs with a street value of more than £1.5m following investigations by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

Patients can be reassured that Fluenz nasal spray vaccines remain safe and effective when used within the revised expiry dates.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) Criminal Enforcement Unit (CEU) seized hundreds of thousands of doses of suspected illegally traded medicines, including powerful prescription-only medicines, following coordinated raids at two residential and two business premises across North Manchester.

MHRA instructs health organisations to prepare now for new measures to reduce ongoing serious harms of valproate
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Other effective medicines are available for epilepsy and bipolar disorder and valproate should only be used if these don’t work or aren’t suitable for an individual patient

MHRA tells patients and healthcare professionals to stop using affected gels and retailers told to withdraw affected products.

IRP is expected to further help bringing life-saving new medicines to UK patients from 1 January 2024

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