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Training Courses at PCL
Pharmacy Consulting is one of just five providers approved by cogent skills and the MHRA to deliver the responsible person in GDP course.
Wholesale Dealing in Veterinary Medicines
In order to legally run a business that deals with the wholesale of animal medicines (veterinary medicinal products) you must obtain a veterinary medicines Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (WDA(V)) from the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD).
Risk Assessments and Detectability
PCL as a company has started to see that detectability has become a requirement when conducting Risk Assessments. There is more than one way to incorporate detectability in your risk assessments but below is a suggestion that could be used. When conducting a risk...
How confident are you that your team are working to GDP ?
Good Distribution Practice applies to the whole business, so if you have a WDA, one of the requirements is that you work to GDP. As part of your licence terms, it is the responsibility of the RP to ensure that all staff involved in GDP activity are trained in GDP.
Cogent Gold Standard Responsible Person Training
Cogent Gold Standard Responsible Person Training – Our three day online or face to face training course is run on an monthly basis.
Post Brexit Changes
It is quite easy to think that Brexit must have been done by now, but the reality is that it isn’t. I was reminded of this doing my trawl through the daily GOV.UK Brexit email.
Medical Device Consultancy
We are delighted to launch an updated Medical Device training and consultancy offering.
Medical Devices – the picture is still clear as mud!
Let’s throw in some more cliches, there are still many plates spinning, balls in the air and how long is a piece of string?
Time for some Self-Assessment
No, it’s not tax return time but now that most of us have been able to take a break over the ‘summer(!?)’, this is a good opportunity to reflect on what we need to be better at.
The Windsor Framework; Packaging and Labelling Requirements – Aug 2023
From the 1st of January 2025 the supply of medicines to Northern Ireland will be governed by the Windsor Framework, which will replace the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Medicines, Ethics and Practice Edition 46 – July 2023
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society have just released Medicines, Ethics and Practice Edition 46 – July 2023.
Brief reflections on a Licence Based Inspection
Phew…..that was exhausting!!! I know that is a usual comment after an inspection but this was a two day (and two inspectors, a lead inspector plus a trainee) under the new Licence Based Inspection process.