The UK government is building a medicines stockpile worth almost £100m to boost supplies of vital drugs ahead of a potential second wave of coronavirus.
A tender notice seen by the Financial Times lists 46 different medicines, spanning drugs used in intensive care and for end-of-life patients, as well as antibiotics, with a total value of £96m. NHS England’s annual medicines bill is £16bn and covers 12,000 different medicines.
The initial contract, expected to be let in August, will be for 12 months “with the option to extend annually for a further two years”, the document says.
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