by John Finey | Feb 15, 2016 | Blog
The saying goes ‘you learn something new every day’ and it’s also true that this can happen at the strangest time and in the weirdest place. An example would in the Gents at a 50th birthday party late one Saturday night! I am sure all possibilities spring to mind but...
by John Finey | Feb 15, 2016 | Blog
Big news of the week of course is the publishing of the Delegated Regulation that supplements the Falsified Medicines Directive and enables the industry to take the next steps in protecting the public against the menace of falsified medicines. There will be much...
by John Finey | Jun 4, 2015 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Business, Consultancy, EudraGMDP, GDP/RP, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, Licence Acquisition, MHRA, pharmacy business development, Pharmacy Suppliers, Quality Systems, Regulation, Training, WDA(H), WDA(H)
For pretty much the whole of the last six months the team at PCL have been trying to make headway with certain issues thrown up by the EU Guidelines on GDP for Medicinal Products for Human Use (5th Nov 2013). On face value it is hugely helpful that there are common...
by John Finey | Jun 2, 2015 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacist, public speaking, Uncategorized
Whilst not the best English Scholar (just scraped through Lang’ and Lit’ O’levels) I seem to be getting increasingly grumpy about current trends with language. Years ago trends and fashions we dictated by music, whether it was Mods and Rockers in the ‘60s or punks the...
by John Finey | Apr 28, 2015 | Blog
‘Who is our customer?’ sounds like a silly question. Someone walks into my pharmacy presenting a prescription, it’s obvious isn’t it? Well yes and no, if the prescription is for that person then they certainly are a customer, but if the person is the patient’s...