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Brexit, what a show we are putting on for the rest of the world! The British brand is respected all over the world and our medicines and their quality is revered. We are known for our governance and our control and risk mitigation. Our politicians who so skilfully won...

Self- audits why are they necessary? Self-audits are a way of ensuring that your team have understood the process they undertake and if there are no non conformities the audit report will evidence their compliance and validate their training. The audit will also test...

At a GDP and Export conference earlier this year I was reminded of the value and importance of modern medicine. It was a timely and appropriate jolt because all of us – without exception – has known, knows, or is going to know someone thankful for the advances in life...

With GCSE, A-level and university exams all underway I am sure we are all reminded of our school and/or university days. Like most I left university promising that I would never take another exam, but life isn’t like that. Not only did I go back and do a second degree...

It’s a conversation that been heard in most households I guess. Child: I can’t wait until Christmas              [even though it’s still only June] Parent: don’t wish your life away there’s so much to...

One of the most important aspects of wholesale distribution is maintaining the integrity of the supply chain and preventing falsified medicines from getting to the public. Do not purchase medicinal products from unapproved supplier! /EUROPEAN COMMISSION Guidelines of...

“The effectiveness of the arrangements for product recall should be evaluated regularly (at least annually)” Clause 6.5 - Guidelines on Good Distribution Practice of medicinal products for human use (2013/ 343/01) That’s what it says. A simple sentence. A straight...

Spare a thought for the Packer. The one who has been assigned to pack Pharmaceuticals for transit. Painstaking, precise and controlled. Packages containing gel packs, ice-blocks, temp. loggers, and fillers of different varieties – in specified cartons. And this is in...

Pharmacy teams are working through their CPPE training and registering with their local National Health Service England Area Teams (NHS AT) or are they now Local Area teams (LAT)/Commissioning support units (CSU) and Health and Social case information centre (hscic)....

Anyone involved in the distribution chain of pharmaceutical products is by now well aware of the increasing responsibility of ensuring their appropriate transportation – to be secure, segregated and temperature controlled. The MHRA, from general Symposium directives...

A new £44 million Brain Research Imaging Centre is to open on the 7th June 2016. The centre, based at Cardiff University, is said to be significant for the university, Wales, the UK and the whole of Europe.  The centre is said to house some of the most powerful...

Working in a pharmacy as a dispensing assistant or medicines counter assistant is a useful way to gain practical experience. But before you gain this experience, you need to know who will regulate, help and support you. The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) is the...