Changes to the Special Access and Authorised Prescriber (AP) schemes, exclusively revealed by Cannabiz last week, have caused confusion over the potential impact on the prescribing process, it has emerged.
Senior industry figures have questioned whether approving access to medicinal cannabis products by category – rather than brand name – might permit pharmacists to dispense a different product to the one named on a prescription, as is commonly done for medicines where a generic version is available.
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