by Ryan Watts | Jun 2, 2015 | Blog, Bona Fides, Business, Consultancy, Falsified Medicines, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, MHRA, Pharmacy Suppliers, Quality Systems, Regulation, RP, SOPs, Training, Uncategorized, WDA(H), WDA(H)
In the developing countries, poor healthcare infrastructure and a high demand for medicines has led to a proliferation of criminal gangs specialising in the counterfeiting of drugs. In the UK there have been several incidents of falsified medicines entering the NHS...
by Kimberley Peck | Mar 15, 2015 | WDA(H)
Do you store medicinal First Aid Kits or Seasickness Tablets? Do you have a storage site that service your chandleries? Do you supply life rafts? Do you know if there are any medicines in the rafts? Do you know you require authorisation to distribute medicine? ...
by Ryan Watts | Feb 12, 2015 | WDA(H)
All the wholesale distributors acting in the EU must maintain a quality setting out of responsibility, processes and risk management relating with their business following the last reviewed guidelines. The new Guidelines of 5 November 2013 on Good Distribution...
by Ryan Watts | Dec 19, 2014 | Consultancy, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, Uncategorized, WDA(H)
Is yours up to date? Is it suitable for your business model? Do you have a change control procedure in place? Does your system work? Why is it needed? Stipulated in the European Guidelines of 2013 that any wholesaler must possess and use a QMS. Public health...
by Kimberley Peck | Dec 19, 2014 | Bona Fides, EudraGMDP, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, WDA(H)
Is a copy of a WDA(H) enough evidence to approve a supplier? NO! Evidence of a WDA(H) is just one of the steps required for supplier approval. If obtaining the product direct from manufacturer or from another wholesaler the authorisation is no longer enough. The...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Nov 17, 2014 | Blog, Quality Systems, Transportation, WDA(H), WDA(H)
We often hear people stating that they don’t actually handle medicinal products, therefore they do not need a WDA – this is not strictly a correct statement. Even if you do not, physically, handle medicines, you will need to either register as a broker...
