Healthcare Professional Webinars: PERT and what to do during current shortages (Please note: that these webinars are specifically for healthcare professionals: including hospital clinicians/prescribers, GPs, CNSs & both hospital and community pharmacists) Many of...
As you may be aware, over the last few months, we at Neuroendocrine Cancer UK, have been working with charity partners to address the urgent need to resolve the persistent shortage of PERT (Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy) medications: Creon®, Nutrizym® 22 and...
Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy (PERT) – product brands: Creon®, Nutrizym® and Pancrex®. Many of you are aware that there has been some variability and inconsistency in the delivery and availability, at local level, of PERT. This has led to some people...
Neuroendocrine Cancer UK Community Reported Creon® Shortage : August 2023 For a number of people with Neuroendocrine Cancer – pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) is an essential part of daily life – taken to promote and maintain nutritional uptake...
The pancreas is a large gland, that is located behind the stomach and joins the digestive tract via the main pancreatic duct. It has a number of different types of cells that are responsible for producing substances (enzymes, peptides, hormones) that play an essential...
