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Verification of supplier and customer in Pharmaceutical

Being a pharmaceutical wholesaler we have to approve/bona fide your suppliers and customers. It is the requirements of Good Distribution Practice (Chapter 5.2. Qualification of suppliers & 5.3. Qualification of customers), the Green Guide book. Performing the verification on your supplier before procuring and on your customer before you can supply products are crucial! Also, only your Responsible Person can approve them, you are not allowed to sell products to unapproved wholesalers. You can get your license suspended if not verifying properly.

FMD & Serialisation after the end of the transitional period

Many of us wondering what will happen after the end of the transition period as we become a third country to the EU. What will happen to FMD requirements, can we still use the EU hub, would we have access, will be removed from the country list?

Pharmaceutical Product disposal

We all have expired products, not just as wholesalers but individuals. We buy them as we think we will need it, but some products have short expiry dates, especially cold chain products. As a wholesaler, we have to dispose of damaged or expired stock in accordance with (GDP) Good Distribution Practice – Chapter 5.6. Destruction of obsolete good. The guideline says:

Mask and other protective gear

Due to the coronavirus, many retailers are running out of stock of surgical and protective gears. This event has made the healthcare and public struggle to purchase them due to the shortage…

Public Health over the economy

The Government must prioritise Public Health over the economy as never before. There is an urgent need to test front line, healthcare workers. A quick serological test is essential to show who has the infection and who is immune.

What is CoVid-19 (Coronavirus), how does it Kill humans and what can the healthcare professionals do to help and what can we do to try to help ourselves?

The coronavirus is named thus as it has a “Crown of protein “, “Co” for “Corona “ and “ V” for Virus and there are several variants. The new virus was first identified on 29th Dec 2019 was named “2019 Novel Virus “, “2019nCoV”. Most colds and flus are rhino viruses, and influenza virus causes a “flu”, such as Spanish Flu which killed millions of people….

BE EXIT ready

UK left the EU on 31st of January 2020. Now you can start to prepare your business to be compliant with new UK regulations….