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Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs)
Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) are medicines based on genes, tissues or cells for human use. ATMPs offer an innovative perspective for the treatment of disease and injury.
Licences for Medicines Wholesale – The Basics in 2 minutes!
Licences for Medicines Wholesale – Do you know what is required by you as a pharmaceutical wholesaler to fulfil legal requirements when working with medicines? Read on to learn the basics of why you need a WDA and where to find further information to accelerate your learning.
Drop-shipping
Drop-shipping; It is not uncommon for WDA(H) licence holders to operate a drop-shipping model where the licence holder instructs supplier(s) to ship directly to their customers on their behalf (without the goods transiting through the licence holder’s premises)....
New Business Models
New Business Models; Most of us use one of the online food ordering and local delivery services. For many of us they have been an absolute godsend during the pandemic, meaning we can still get a regular fix of our favourite takeaways
Controlled Drug Requisitions
Controlled Drug Requirments; If you are a wholesaler, licensed to sell controlled drugs, and you sell schedule 2 or 3 controlled drugs to medical or dental practices in the community, each order must be accompanied by a Controlled Drug requisition (FP10CDF in England). There are two common points of misunderstanding in relation to these forms and their use:
The Five Key Phases of Project Planning
The Five Key Phases of Project Planning – Many of us struggle to complete projects and tasks in a given timeframe. To try make these set targets more attainable and less daunting the following Five Key Phases have been identified.
Scottish health boards should take over ‘failing pharmacy’
What is a failing pharmacy? It sounds like a pharmacy that needs support, direction, leadership and some mentoring. Pharmacy has been the only healthcare service open and fully accessible to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic and has been given the least support from so called supporting authorities.
Register of Medical Devices
Register of Medical Devices – Through 2021, as part of the Brexit changes, medical device manufacturers and/or their UK agents have had to register all classes of devices with the MHRA.
New Alzheimer’s Treatment
New Alzheimer’s treatment – A new treatment for one of the most common forms of dementia, Alzheimer’s, has been deemed by researchers to be absolutely spectacular.
UK licensed medicinal products and the challenges of exporting
UK licensed medicinal products and the challenges of exporting – Many clients contact us for information and help on expanding the scope of their WDA license to include the export UK licensed medicinal products without necessarily understanding the challenges of exporting UK licensed medicinal products.
Writing a GDP Training Programme
Writing a GDP Training Programme: What does this mean in practice? Chapter 2 of the EU GDP Guidelines requires a written training programme. But what exactly does this mean and how can it be put into practice?
Personal medication what you can and can’t do
Personal medication what you can and can’t do – During discussions with different organisations, the question came up whether it is allowed to take personal medication into the storage area.