The Department for Business Innovation & Skills has published guidance on the Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012, which came into force on 6 April 2013. Payment surcharges are an additional charge for the use of a particular method of payment, usually credit or debit cards. The Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012 prohibit traders… Learn more
GSK has agreed to open up its patient data from clinical trials to researchers in a new online platform. The UK’s biggest pharma company has already signed up to the AllTrials campaign in a demonstration of its support for open access to clinical trial data. GSK’s scheme actually goes further than that by allowing access… Learn more
Huw Irranca-Davies, an MP who has campaigned for a couple of years over the continuing problems with medicine supply shortages, has urged the Government to “step in and set the ground rules” on dealing with the issue. He believes that the only way to sort the problem is for the Government to take the… Learn more