by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jun 12, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Regulation
Recent coverage in the Australian community pharmacy press has centred around the benefit and/or potential harm of prescribing and dispensing medicines without a face-to-face consultation. The discussion raised asked the question whether an online questionnaire is...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 20, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers
So much for all the wonders and claims of slimming tablets … After investigation, the MHRA has recently issued alerts about a number of products found to have prescription only drug ingredients in them. All the alerts were raised by the Hong Kong Department of...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 12, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers
The PSNC is no longer maintaining a list as shortages have become part of every day life in pharmacy now. This posed a question by one of my clients: “Does this mean we can now export anything?” No I said you must not export drugs in short supply and I refereed him to...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 12, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
RP – Responsible Person relating to MHRA GDP – Good Distribution Practice – the guidelines by which medicine wholesalers must adhere to WDA(H) – Wholesale Distribution Authorisation for Human Use – previously Wholesale Dealer’s...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 12, 2014 | Blog, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
TAs – when do we need them in place and who with and what should be in them? PCL have been reviewing a few TAs over the last few weeks and we have put a few tips and hints together. If you only follow GDP or GMP; the principals are the same. If you are a...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 12, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
Pfizer’s bid for AstraZeneca scrutinised – should it be only the shareholders who decide? AstraZeneca employs over six thousand people in the UK. Pfizer has made nine promises in a letter to David Cameron which are said to reflect Pfizer’s commitment to the UK....
