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Agents for UK Import or export
If your business model includes import and/or export you can choose if you submit the custom declaration by yourself or by an agent. The gov.uk website announced a list of different kind of courier companies and customs brokers and agents who specialises in submitting...
Falsified Medicine Directive – what is the future?
The future of the Falsified Medicine Directive and serialisation in the UK may impact on us all. Without the Falsified Medicine Directive (FMD), medicines cannot be verified, and counterfeits will enter the supply chain. It is with great sadness as a pharmacist and a...
Pharmacists – Are you ready to administer Covid-19 Vaccines?
Following changes to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012, which came into force last week (October 16), pharmacists and other healthcare professionals who already have experience in handling vaccinations will be trained to administer COVID-19 vaccines…
Covid-19 Vaccine – 10 facts you should know
Covid-19 Vaccine – 10 facts you should know…
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Genetic Scissors
Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to two women for the first time. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna developed the gene editing tool CRISPR-cas9 genetic scissors…
Latest News from the MHRA: MHRA joins up with Australia, Canada, Singapore and Switzerland regulators
The MHRA is the latest regulator to join the Australia-Canada-Singapore-Switzerland (ACSS) Consortium..
Responsible Person (imports)
Are you prepared for the changes which come into effect with Brexit? From 1st January 2021 the UK will no longer be in the EU…
HMRC Customs Grant Scheme
HMRC has made record funding of £50 million available to enhance its Customs Grant Scheme. From 29 July 2020, organisations can apply for funding to reimburse a number of costs associated with increasing their capacity and enhancing their ability to complete customs...
Become a Responsible Person import
Are you a QP or RP? Do you want to become a Responsible Person import (RP-i)? You are in the right place. From October 2020 PCL is offering RPi training we point out the most important tasks and new requirements for eg. product check and border control. The training...
New packaging deadlines for UK products
All UK MA holder have to register for a new Great Britain Marketing Authorisation to convert their previous EU wide MA. They will get new Great Britain MA number therefore the packaging have to be changed…
Could we see more pharmacists working remotely?
It has been debated over the last three years whether a pharmacist can work remotely in crisis situations and it has arisen again considering the pressures we are facing during the Covid-19 outbreak…
Know your GDPs and your “ Vs” “Us” and “Ws”
In the past, the MHRA has told a pharmaceutical wholesaler to find a new Responsible Person when they did not know the correct definition for “GDP” in their MHRA inspection. The RP used the “ Gross Domestic Product “ definition to his peril…