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PPRS – 2014 – Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme
PPRS - It has arrived and will be in place for 5 years from the first of January 2014! What are the overarching principals? The aim is to have deliver a single holistic , UK pricing agreement that underpins the pricing of branded medicines to the NHS . It is the...
Just a thought and a reality check !
Having been through a few MHRA inspections in the last few weeks and having watched the desperation, devastation and destruction caused by the typhoon in the Philippines this week my thoughts ran to............. Are we so worried about the ambient temperature of a...
Twitter and Tweets
Do you tweet ? Do your customers tweet ? Would you consider tweeting ? What do you think about it ? I have asked many pharmacist and most do not tweet and often feel it is not professional and would not tweet to try to drive customers to their pharmacy. I might have...
Have you just started your pharmacy business ? Have you had it for years ?Do you know your bottom line?
How many of you are so busy doing your day to day job that you are blissfully unaware of your bottom line? What do you clear after all your costs on a daily basis ? What should you charge per hour if you were asked to carry out some work for somebody else? We are so...
Know your Inspector-Do your homework-Be inspection ready at all times!
Hear me out on this one .......if you have not met your inspector take time to check him out. Google him and look on the MHRA website to see what he may have presented at a MHRA conference for example. Does he come from an auditing background? Is she a...
“RP” Responsible Person Training
New Good Distribution Practice (GDP) guidelines ( 2013/C 68/01) require Responsible Persons (RP) to be trained and to keep " Up to date". They require RPs to ensure that all their staff have a good understanding of the current GDP guidelines and are competent to...
The new WDA(H)
In a previous post, we discussed the impending changes to the Wholesale Dealer Licence (WL & WDL) and the transition through to the new Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (Human). You should also have seen today's post relating to the outcomes from recent MHRA...
Feedback from recent MHRA inspections
Following a brief sanction, the MHRA are inspecting again and for the first time checking licences against the new guidelines. After being in attendance at a number of recent inspections, it is becoming clear that the focus of the inspections has been broadly related...
Distance Selling Pharmacy
Remaining a market entry exemption does not always mean that your Distance Selling Pharmacy will be approved by your local Health and Wellbeing Board. Now more than ever, we are receiving calls from applicants wondering why their application has been refused. Whilst...
Supply chain validation, how are you getting on ?
How are you getting on validating your supply chain ? Have you hit problems ? Our clients have hit many problems along the way and are eagerly awaiting Autumn and peace of mind that their data loggers will not alarm. But January , February and March await us when...
24/7 Complete prescription pick up on your doorstep ?
What would you think if a prescription ATM full of complete repeat medication popped up in your GP surgery or at the post office or in your local supermarket, would you trust it ? Would you use it ? No more queuing at the pharmacy counter waiting for to be told...
http://eudragmp.ema.europa.eu- One EU database ! Easy bona fides checks!
EUDRAGMDP will replace the existing EUDRAGMP database which holds Good Manufacturing Practice certificates and details of the medicinal product manufacturers. It will also be expanded to include wholesalers and certificates of Good Distribution Practice. This...