by Ryan Watts | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog, WDA(H), WDA(H)
What does a WDA holder have to qualify & validate ? Their processes, procedures, equipment, packaging, transport, service providers etc. They have to calibrate equipment and temperature data loggers , balances etc. Validation, qualification and...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Aug 10, 2015 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Business, EudraGMDP, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, MHRA, RP, SOPs, WDA(H), WDA(H)
News of the UK move to fund a pilot scheme for some 300 pharmacists to be directly employed by GP surgeries has made it to the Australian community pharmacy press. The idea to help manage long-term conditions and provide ongoing advice to patients using multiple...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Aug 10, 2015 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Business, Community Pharmacy, Distance Selling Pharmacy, EudraGMDP, Falsified Medicines, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, MHRA, RP, SOPs, WDA(H), WDA(H)
It was only last month that at the FDA issued a warning not to purchase Diazepam online due to the potential that the drugs may be counterfeit. There are two issues at the heart of this blog: 1 being the prevalence of counterfeit medication and the second being the...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jul 19, 2015 | Analyisis, Behind the scenes, Blog, Falsified Medicines, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, MHRA, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation, RP, WDA(H), WDA(H)
In May, the FDA in conjunction with international law enforcements agencies enforced a major crackdown on illegal and crackdown medications with action taken against 1,050 websites. Seized products were found to have originated in India, China, Hong Kong and...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jul 17, 2015 | Blog, Business, Community Pharmacy, Consultancy, Distance Selling Pharmacy, GPhC, Licence Acquisition, NHS, Pharmacist, pharmacy business development, PNA, Regulation, setting up a pharmacy business
The GPhC consider a pharmacy professional fit to practice when they can demonstrate the skills, knowledge, character and health required to do their job safely and effectively. They describe fitness to practice as a person’s suitability to be on the register without...
by Ryan Watts | Jun 18, 2015 | Analyisis, Blog, Business, Consultancy, Distance Selling Pharmacy, GPhC, Licence Acquisition, MHRA, Pharmacist, pharmacy business development, Regulation
As more and more of us are going online to purchase medicines there has been a worldwide growth in the number of internet pharmacies selling counterfeit (falsified) medicines. Oftensuch medicines are...
