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The Pharmacy Show is sponsored by the pharmaceutical and med tech industries via Grants, Sponsorship, and Exhibition packages. Pharmaceutical companies have solely provided sponsorship through the purchase of exhibition space and/or sponsored speaker sessions with no further input into the arrangements or agenda of the meeting. Sessions delivered with input from our sponsors will always be marked on the programme. A full list of confirmed sponsors for the Pharmacy Show is available here.

 

 

NEC BIRMINGHAM
11-12 OCTOBER 2026

Conference Programme

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Keynote Theatre
Editorial Partner -
Pharmacy Magazine
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Community pharmacy at a crossroads: clinical expansion and financial stability
    Community pharmacy is at a pivotal moment, balancing increasing clinical expectations with ongoing financial pressures. This panel will explore how the sector can sustainably expand its clinical role ...
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Weight loss: the full picture
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    Supply, services and survival: the reinvention of community pharmacy
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    International inspiration: what can we learn from different models of pharmacy?
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    Community pharmacy contract and funding reform: a fiction or a reality?
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    Making independent prescribing profitable
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    The changing landscape: an update from Community Pharmacy England
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Implementing the NHS England Community Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship Programme (CPTAP)
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Delivering as the Royal College of Pharmacy
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    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    A new frontier for Pharmacy Technicians: unpacking the new changes
Clinical Theatre
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Dermatology in practice: prescribing for acne, eczema and psoriasis
    Acne vulgaris remains one of the most common dermatological presentations encountered in pharmacy practice, and its management continues to evolve. Recent updates to prescribing recommendations and wo ...
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Clinical risks and patient consideration when prescribing during Ramadan
  1. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Emergency contraception rollout update
  2. The future of skin health consultations in pharmacy: insights from the Global Hyperpigmentation Consensus
    Hyperpigmentation is one of the most common and complex skin concerns encountered in practice, yet effective management requires far more than recommending a brightening product.In this session, pharm ...
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Managing menopause through independent prescribing
    This session will explore the role of independent prescribing in managing menopause within community pharmacy, drawing on the Community Pharmacy IP Pathfinder Programme and local women’s health servic ...
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Maximising NMS in your pharmacy
    A session to support pharmacists and pharmacy teams to maximise the NMS service for the benefit of their patients.
Business & Services Theatre
Editorial Partner -
P3 Pharmacy
  1. The high street's most trusted brand is underselling itself: marketing lessons for community pharmacy
    Community pharmacy sits on one of the high street's most valuable assets - patient trust - yet consistently undersells it compared to the retail brands fighting for the same footfall and loyalty. Draw ...
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Taking pharmacist prescribing to its full potential
    The grassroots experience of prescribing in community pharmacy – our panel’s advice on taking pharmacist prescribing to its full potential, and the challenges for pharmacy businesses.   Should your ph ...
  2. Redefining relationships: what can our partners expect from AAH?
    The pharmaceutical landscape has become challenging across the entire supply chain. This session looks at the opportunities for wholesalers to add greater value to pharmacies and manufacturers, and ho ...
  3. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  4. Masterclass: expanding your private service offering
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Beyond the counter: women leading the future of pharmacy
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    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    The trust advantage: how online pharmacies win patients, build loyalty and grow
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    From consultation to cashflow: making GLP-1 services financially viable
    GLP-1 services are generating huge interest, but demand alone does not create a viable business. As pharmacies expand into weight management, success depends on building a model that is clinically saf ...
Pharmacy Owners' Forum
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Choosing the right private service to invest in: building your non-NHS pharmacy business
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    Margins, profits and losses: navigating funding uncertainty
  1. Inside the deal: how to buy or sell your pharmacy business without regret
    The dos and don’ts of buying or selling a pharmacy business and how to avoid common pitfalls
  2. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Workforce empowerment: enabling teams to work at the top of their licence
    Many pharmacy teams have the potential to achieve far more than they currently do, but unlocking that potential requires the right culture, training, and leadership. In this session, Samson Akere will ...
  3. Unpacking the new regulations: what can and can't be delegated
  4. Welcome to Jeanie IQ, smart business. Full compliance. One platform for all your business. Everyday headaches gone.
  5. How to prepare yourself for private service expansion
  6. Emerging private services: TRT and HRT
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    The session will explain why community pharmacies must adapt to a new model, how this can be achieved and what the benefits of doing so are. This begins with the right leadership climate to develop th ...
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    Growing private income without creating regulatory risks
Public Health & Prevention Theatre
Editorial Partner -
Training Matters
  1. Care home residents are among the most vulnerable users of medicines, often living with frailty, multiple long-term conditions and polypharmacy. This creates significant challenges in ensuring medicin ...
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    From early detection to advanced care: community pharmacy's expanding role across the cancer pathway
  2. Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction (DGBI) in primary care: a new perspective for patients
    In this talk, gastroenterologist Dr Imran Aziz will provide pharmacists with a practical, evidence-based overview of DGBI and the evolving understanding of these conditions. The session will explore t ...
  3. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  4. Beyond NSAIDs: the clinical evidence for Arnica in pharmacy – from bruising to pain management
    This session summarises the latest clinical evidence for Arnica Montana, exploring its role alongside NSAIDs in the management of bruising, musculoskeletal pain and recovery. Pharmacists will gain pra ...
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Behaviour change or medication: weight management beyond injections
    The rapid growth of GLP-1 medicines has transformed obesity treatment, but medication alone is not the complete answer. Long-term success depends on combining pharmacotherapy with meaningful behaviour ...
  5. A quick guide to ear assessment and AOM management in pharmacy first
    A concise update on ear assessment and otoscopy, reviewing key ear anatomy and what to look for when examining the tympanic membrane in patients with suspected ear infection. Practical guidance on ass ...
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
  6. Fuelling the future: the food supplements opportunity for forward‑thinking pharmacies
    Wellness is booming and consumers are actively seeking credible advice and premium food supplement brands to support their journey. Shopper insights show that while trust is high, many customers walk ...
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Taking advantage of the changing vaccination landscape
    The last few years have seen a transformation in vaccination provision from community pharmacy. This session will map out the journey so far, consider how the future will develop, and share examples of successful vaccination services in community pharmacy.
Primary Care Pharmacy Theatre
Editorial Partner -
Independent Community Pharmacist
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Cancer management in primary care: current guidance and emerging developments
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    True partnership: what does a good relationship with your GP look like?
  1. From prescription to pathway: what pharmacists need to know about supporting patients on GLP-1s
    GLP-1 prescribing in primary care is growing rapidly, but many pharmacists have limited visibility of what support patients need alongside medication, from preserving muscle mass to preventing weight ...
  2. Empowering pharmacists to lead in sore throat management and AMR
    Acute sore throat is one of the most common reasons patients seek advice in community pharmacy. At the same time, upper respiratory tract infections remain a major source of inappropriate antibiotic u ...
  3. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Community pharmacy menopause clinics: leading a transformative journey
    Menopause affects around half of the population, yet many pharmacists report receiving limited formal education on its management. As demand for menopause support continues to grow, pharmacists across ...
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Maximising Pharmacy First consultations
  4. Neighbourhood working: what does this look like for community pharmacy?
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Vaccinations and changes to the Human Medicines Regulations since COVID: what this means for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
    In April 2026 amendments were made to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 relating to vaccination. These changes were made, following consultation, to improve timely access to vaccinations across the ...
Technology & Digital Health Theatre
Editorial Partner -
The Pharmacy Network
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    System interoperability: overcoming fragmented systems
  1. AI in pharmacy: who is really accountable?
    Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being incorporated into pharmacy systems, workflows, and patient interactions. Whilst AI may support professional practice, it does not remove the pharmaci ...
  2. From data silos to business intelligence
    As community pharmacy becomes increasingly digital, every new technology generates valuable data - but too often those insights remain locked away in disconnected systems. Imagine every data source wo ...
  3. 3 pharmacies – 3 perspectives – 1 advantage: MEDITECH
  4. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  5. AI in pharmacy practice: from documentation to clinical decision support
    Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the way healthcare professionals work, and pharmacists are no exception. This session explores how clinical AI is being adopted across primary care, general ...
    Speakers
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Leveraging social media: a pharmacist content creator’s journey with TikTok and YouTube Health
  6. Death to the dosette! How pharmacies can meet rising demand for medication support while freeing capacity
    As demand for medication support continues to rise, community pharmacies need sustainable alternatives to traditional dosette box services. This session explores how outsourced dispensing, automation and pouch-based medication solutions can help pharmacies improve efficiency, support better medication adherence and release capacity for more clinical care. Drawing on extensive experience in pharmacy and automated dispensing, Peter Thnoia will share practical insights into modernising medication support while delivering better outcomes for patients and pharmacies alike.
  7. The great pharmacy technology debate: key questions every pharmacy owner should be asking
    Technology has never promised more for community pharmacy. AI, automation, hub & spoke, digital patient engagement and new service platforms are all being hailed as the future. But what's genuine oppo ...
  8. Designed for capacity - What successful pharmacies get right: automation, proven experience, and long-term partnership
    What Successful Pharmacies Do Differently Discover how successful pharmacies are creating intentional capacity — using automation, reliable experience and trusted long-term partnership to unlock time, ...
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    What does a good remote consultation look like?
Leadership Workshop & Careers Theatre
Sponsored by
C+D
  1. Session hosted by C+D
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Moving past burnout: maintaining wellbeing in the workplace
  2. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Beyond the 9-5: building a portfolio career in modern pharmacy
    The traditional pharmacy career ladder is changing and some of the most exciting opportunities for pharmacists now exist beyond it.In this session, Sarina Mughal shares how she transformed a career in ...
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    The Pan-London Pharmacy EDI Group has developed a practical Inclusive Language Guide to help pharmacy professionals communicate respectfully with colleagues, patients and communities from diverse backgrounds. The guide responds to a need for clear, accessible support on everyday language that promotes inclusion and avoids unintended harm. The resource focuses on three communities often underrepresented in professional guidance: neurodivergent people, LGBTQ+ people and people from global majority backgrounds. Developed collaboratively, it encourages reflective, person-centred communication practices and highlights the importance of person-centred language in both clinical and professional environments.
  3. Session hosted by C+D
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Changing your career midlife: diary of a peri-menopausal CEO
    This is not a talk about menopause. It is a talk about reinvention.It's about how one pharmacist navigated multiple career pivots, continuous learning, leadership growth, personal challenge, and ultim ...
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Action through allyship
    This panel event will explore how to be a meaningful ally. Panellists will discuss what allyship is and explain the need for allyship, drawing upon some of the PDA’s cases where absence of allyship re ...
The Practical, Clinical, and Consultation Forum
In association with
Meducate
  1. Ears, Nose and Throat (ENT): history-taking and examination
    A live demonstration of effective consultation skills with a challenging patient, followed by a structured lymph node examination. This session will demonstrate both clinical examination techniques an ...
  2. Ears, Nose and Throat (ENT): open practical workshop
    A hands-on workshop where delegates can practise history-taking, examination techniques and communication skills under the guidance of our Associate Clinical Educators and have an interaction with our ...
  3. Interactive AI demonstrations
    During this extended break, delegates are invited to experience Meducate Academy's AI-enhanced education platform. Live demonstrations will show how AI can: • Analyse communication and consultation sk ...
  4. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  5. Cardiology / manual blood pressure: history-taking and examination
    An interactive demonstration of effective consultation skills with a challenging patient, followed by a structured cardiovascular examination, including manual blood pressure measurement and a demonst ...
  6. Cardiology / manual blood pressure: open practical workshop
    An opportunity to practise and refine cardiovascular examination and manual blood pressure techniques with guidance from our clinical education team. Delegates can also interact with our AI platform t ...
  7. Respiratory: history-taking and examination
    A live demonstration of consultation skills with a challenging patient, followed by a structured respiratory examination and an opportunity to see our AI tool in action.
  8. Respiratory: open practical workshop
    A practical session allowing delegates to consolidate respiratory examination and communication skills through supervised practice with our Associate Clinical Educators and AI-enhanced learning platfo ...
Keynote Theatre
Editorial Partner -
Pharmacy Magazine
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    Technological transformation in community pharmacy
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    The future of commissioning within neighbourhood health
  1. An update from the GPhC: Chief Executive and Registrar address
  2. Reflecting on the changing role of community pharmacies
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    From strategy to reality: the NHS 10 Year Plan one year on
  3. Strategic commissioning devolution and Manchesterism, the Andy Burnham bet and what it means for pharmacy
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Prescribing in community pharmacy clinical services
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Clinical Theatre
  1. Masterclass: independent prescribing
    Qualifying as an Independent Prescriber is a significant milestone, but many pharmacists are left asking, "What next?" Moving from qualification to routine prescribing can feel daunting, with challeng ...
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Progressing contraceptive care: a LARC implant service pilot
  2. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  3. For the record: getting community pharmacy documentation right
Business & Services Theatre
Editorial Partner -
P3 Pharmacy
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    Hub and Spoke: what the new legislative changes could mean for me
  1. Thinking beyond GLP-1: the role of formoline L112 in modern weight management
    GLP-1 therapies have transformed the weight-management conversation, but they are not the whole answer. Many patients need support before starting treatment, an alternative when injectables are not su ...
  2. Launching a profitable travel clinic: from idea to revenue
    This session will explore how community pharmacies can successfully establish, operate and grow a profitable travel health clinic. Drawing on our own experience of developing a high-performing clinic, ...
  3. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    Building an aesthetics clinic: training, risks, and challenges
  4. Harnessing community pharmacy to support England's smokefree ambitions
Pharmacy Owners' Forum
  1. Ensuring clinical governance and regulatory frameworks with new IPs
  2. Delivering independent prescribing with confidence
  3. Welcome to Jeanie IQ, smart business. Full compliance. One platform for all your business. Everyday headaches gone.
  4. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  5. Designing a space that supports a new wave of pharmacy
    Community pharmacy is evolving at pace. As pharmacies take on an expanding role in delivering healthcare services, prescribing and patient care, their physical environments need to evolve alongside th ...
  6. Weight loss injections: managing a high risk service
Public Health & Prevention Theatre
Editorial Partner -
Training Matters
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Opiate substitution therapy: new delivery models
    Delivering a holistic approach to Opiate Substitution Therapy (OST) with pharmacists playing a critical role in delivery, safety and patient engagement. This session brings together frontline and stra ...
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Neighbourhood health offers a unique opportunity to tackle health inequalities by bringing care closer to communities and improving collaboration across primary care, community services, local authori ...
  1. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  2. Beyond dispensing: building new clinical services and revenue with point-of-care testing
    Independent community pharmacy is evolving rapidly, with increasing expectations to deliver more clinical services while also identifying sustainable new sources of income. For pharmacy owners conside ...
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Co-SMR: a co-produced bank of learning disability resources to support medication reviews
    People with a learning disability are more likely to be prescribed psychotropics for behaviour and other unlicensed indications. Some of this prescribing is inappropriate and it should always be revie ...
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Does community pharmacy have a role to play in suicide prevention?
    Learning Objectives: Understand why suicide prevention is relevant to community pharmacy Be aware of national suicide data and understand who is most at risk Overview of the recent Cheshire & Merseysi ...
Primary Care Pharmacy Theatre
Editorial Partner -
Independent Community Pharmacist
  1. Learning from general practice: new ways of caring using digital processes and platforms
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    Safe supply of medicines for respiratory infections
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Don't just dispense it: five everyday opportunities to tackle problematic polypharmacy in community pharmacy
    Problematic polypharmacy, particularly in older people, is a significant and growing concern linked to overprescribing and avoidable medicine-related harm. Many of these patients, or their carers, reg ...
  2. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  3. The answer isn't another service: a practical framework for solving primary care pharmacy's biggest challenges
    Community pharmacy continues to expand its clinical role, yet challenges such as adherence, vaccine uptake, self-care and collaboration remain.   In this thought-provoking session, Trevor Gore explore ...
  4. Prescribing in community pharmacy: making better patient care happen with General Practices
    • 2) Expanding clinical practice
    • 3) Integrated care & neighbourhood health
    Cardiorenal metabolic syndrome: a guide for primary care
    Cardiorenal metabolic syndrome encompasses the spectrum of dysfunctions involving the cardiovascular, renal and metabolic systems. These conditions often co-exist which increases morbidity and mortali ...
Technology & Digital Health Theatre
Editorial Partner -
The Pharmacy Network
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    How mature is your pharmacy? Benchmarking the journey from NHS reliance to sustainable growth: the role of technology at every stage
  1. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  2. Building an AI native business: the competitive advantage of the next decade
  3. Technological advances in type 1 diabetes: what community pharmacists need to know
Leadership Workshop & Careers Theatre
Sponsored by
C+D
  1. Session hosted by C+D
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    The importance of developing the role of ACT and Pharmacy Technicians
  2. Session hosted by C+D
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Implementing the NHS England Foundation Pharmacist Assessment Strategy in community pharmacy
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  3. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
    • 4) Developing the future workforce
    Discover how emotional intelligence can help you navigate pressure, recognise the early signs of burnout and become a more confident and authentic leader for your teams. Leave with practical insights you can apply immediately to set you apart as a leader.
    • 1) Building a sustainable pharmacy
    Learn best practices for maintaining seamless, uninterrupted patient care when utilising locum cover in your pharmacy.
  4. Pharmacy Technician panel: responding to the changes of an expanding role
The Practical, Clinical, and Consultation Forum
In association with
Meducate
  1. Ears, Nose and Throat (ENT): history-taking and examination
    Effective consultation skills with a challenging patient, followed by a structured lymph node examination and a demonstration of our AI tool.
  2. Ears, Nose and Throat (ENT): open practical workshop
    Hands-on practice with Associate Clinical Educators, supported by our AI learning platform. Delegates wishing to take part in the Clinical Skills Workshops are kindly asked to bring their own stethosc ...
  3. Interactive AI demonstrations
    During this extended break, delegates are invited to experience Meducate Academy's AI-enhanced education platform. Live demonstrations will show how AI can: • Analyse communication and consultation sk ...
  4. A dedicated hour in the programme designed to help you make valuable connections across the pharmacy profession. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas with peers, reconnect with colleagues, meet ne ...
  5. Cardiology / manual blood pressure: history-taking and examination
    Effective consultation skills with a challenging patient, followed by a cardiovascular examination, including manual blood pressure measurement. This also includes a demonstration of our AI model
  6. Cardiology / manual blood pressure: open practical workshop
    Guided skills practice with our clinical education team and an opportunity to experience AI-enhanced consultation training and performance feedback. Delegates wishing to take part in the Clinical Skil ...
  7. Respiratory: history-taking and examination
    Effective consultation skills with a challenging patient, followed by a structured respiratory examination and demonstration of our AI tool.
  8. Respiratory: open practical workshop
    A practical workshop providing further opportunities to practise respiratory examination and communication skills with Associate Clinical Educators and our AI-enhanced learning platform. Delegates wis ...

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