by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog, Bona Fides, Consultancy, CQC, Distance Selling Pharmacy, EudraGMDP, Falsified Medicines, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, GPhC, MHRA, Pharmacist, Quality Systems, Regulation, setting up a pharmacy business, SOPs, WDA(H), WDA(H)
What is the risk of not meeting you suppliers and customers face to face? Call me old fashioned but I like to know who I am dealing with. I like to see the white of their eye, their premises, their procedures. With Valentine’s Day, fast approaching sweethearts are...
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 Ryan Watts | Jun 12, 2015 | Analyisis, Behind the scenes, Blog, Bona Fides, Business, Consultancy, EudraGMDP, Falsified Medicines, GDP/RP, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, Licence Acquisition, Open Courses, pharmacy business development, Regulation, RP, SOPs, Training, WDA(H), WDA(H)
Yesterday I had a call from a distraught pharmacist who desperately wanted to know how to go about growing his new pharmaceutical wholesaling venture which he had set up with a friend. Our conversation went as follows: Caller: “We have applied for a MHRA...
