UK medicines watchdog stops pharmacist share scheme
18/10/2003 - 07:55:16Three schemes offering share benefits to UK pharmacists in return for buying medicinal products were stopped by the British medicines watchdog.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) ruled that schemes by medicine wholesalers Nucare, Numark and AAH Pharmaceuticals were in breach of regulations.
The companies offered points in return for purchases of their products by pharmacies or activities involving the promotion of medicines.
