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Storage temperatures, the bane of everyone’s lives, but we don’t make it easy for ourselves. I am sure somebody can explain the rational behind a 25⁰C norm for room temperatures in the pharmaceutical industry but what actual relevance does this have to the real world....

Another year comes to an end and it is customary to look back at the year and the important events. We operate in an industry where detail is vitally important; following the rules, doing the right thing or more cynically ticking all of the boxes. Yet the...

Organisations have been considering centralised dispensaries and/or hub and spokes models, and testing for more years than you may imagine. Big organisations and pharmacy chains have spent large amounts of time/resource and huge sums of money looking worldwide at...

In the old days life was oh so simple to buy, sell or transfer ownership. ODS codes were created and applied quickly. However, EPS has added complication to this process. It may be National Health service England (NHSE) and National Health Services Business Services...

Opening up your own business? Are you compliant with the Health and Safety regulations? The requirement for risk assessing the work place was first legally introduced in 1992.  However the reality is that many small businesses fail to implement this tool necessary for...

A contract warehouse, suitably authorised and validated, - and with a proven track record in 3rd Party stock handling - is a valuable, cost effective and reliable partner in wholesale distribution. Their facilities and experience in stock management will usually offer...

The preparations have gone well so far, the documentation is in place and all your colleagues understand what’s going on. The Inspection looms. The build-up process would have brought up questions and challenges, but would have made you and your colleagues focus on...

Throughout many inspections, medicinal product transportation is a must not to be missed topic. High attention is payed on its risk assessment, temperature and route validation by the inspectors. Not enough to have a well detailed SOP if the most important steps are...

The world's leading quality management standard –ISO 9001- has recently been revised.. The new ISO 9100:2015 QS Standards just got published. It is less prescriptive, focusing on the importance of the process approach with risk-based thinking and employing the...

The use of licensed medicines maximises patient safety while minimising liability, but there are occasions when an unlicensed or off-label medicine is prescribed and dispensed. High attention payed to (ULM) Unlicensed Medicines in the UK. Recently £1 million worth of...

All patients have the right to choose where they get their medicines from. NHS England are launching a campaign to promote this message. This comes in response to some pharmacists and GP’s seeking to inappropriately influence which pharmacies dispense a patient’s...