by Government of Barbados | Apr 15, 2024 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) Barbados Drug Service on the availability of Insulin and change in protocol on Insulin Pens. There is no shortage of any therapeutic class of insulin on the Barbados National Drug Formulary (BNDF). However, due to supply challenges, there is currently a...
by Government of Barbados | Mar 22, 2024 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) The Barbados Drug Service (BDS) advises the public that effective April 1, 2024, there will be an increase in the beneficiary fee for certain prescription items dispensed at Private Participating Pharmacies under its Special Benefit Service. This...
by Melissa Rollock | Mar 13, 2023 | banner, Top Stories
Minister of Health and Wellness, Senator Dr. The Most Honourable Jerome Walcott. (FP) Barbados is now one of the few, if not the only country in the Americas, to have a web-based national drug formulary. This follows the launch of the electronic formulary this morning...
by BGIS | Oct 16, 2020 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) The Barbados Drug Service (BDS) is advising the public that the metformin products, used to treat diabetes, currently supplied through the Barbados Drug Service in the public pharmacies and the private participating pharmacies, are not included in those...
by Joy Springer | Jun 30, 2018 | Top Stories
The Ministry of Health has assured the public that, although the grace period for patients to receive certain branded pharmaceuticals under the Barbados Drug Service’s Special Benefit Scheme ends today, these pharmaceuticals will continue to be available under the...
