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Wholesale Dealer’s License becomes a Wholesale Distribution Authorisation

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 13, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation

Previously, once inspected by a Competent Authority and found to be compliant to Good Distribution Practice (GDP) you would be issued with a Wholesale Dealer’s License (WDL). This has now been replaced by a Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (Human) (WDA(H)). What’s...

What is a Self-Inspection or Internal Audit?

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 12, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers

If you hold a Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (previously Wholesale Dealer’s Licence) you must have a programme in place for self-inspections. Self-Inspections/Internal Audits are intended to be a tool that enables companies to check their own activities,...

Do you need a Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (previously WDL)?

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 12, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation

As part of the new regulations that came into effect last year, a number of companies have needed to review their business model and apply to the MHRA for a Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (previously Wholesale Dealer’s License or WDL).  There are some...

The Danger of Template SOPs

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 12, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers

In an older post I talked about how Pharmacy Consulting can help you write and review Standard Operating Procedures for your business.  We often get asked by our clients to provide them with template SOPs.  This question is always met with the response “We don’t do...

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and You

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 12, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers

In our line of business, we spend a considerable amount of our time reading, creating, reviewing, maintaining and updating the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of many types of businesses.  These SOPs will form part of a company’s Quality System (QS) and...
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