Unique Device Identifiers (UDIs)

Will unique device identifiers(UDIs) help to keep patients safe and allow the FDA and European Competent Authorities identify problems with devices faster or are they more use in insurance claims, details held in electronic health records, and device registries? It is...

What is CPAF and Contract Monitoring?

Have you had a NHS England Contact Monitoring Inspection yet? The Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework questionnaire for 2016/2017 is available on the PSNC website. If your pharmacy is based in England, then remember to complete it as soon as possible. The results...

Do you plan to Export?

Have you got a WDA, are you approved to Export medicines? Have you been inspected since the new GDP guidelines were launched? If your customers collect and use “Ex-works” Incoterms this does not relinquish your responsibilities as a wholesaler. The MHRA will ask for...

Printers can now print body parts!

The integrated tissue-organ printer (ITOP), is described in a paper published in the journal Nature Biotechnology by researchers from the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in North Carolina. ITOP prints a 3D biodegradable plastic structure onto...