by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Oct 3, 2014 | Blog, Bona Fides, EudraGMDP, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, Pharmacy Suppliers, WDA(H)
As a Wholesale Distributor you must now verify that your suppliers are in possession of a valid authorisation AND that they comply with the principals and guidelines of good distribution practices. This will need to be described in your Supplier Qualification SOP and...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Sep 13, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Pharmacy Suppliers
Although pipeline revitalization for generics is expected to continue in the near future due to the ongoing patent cliff, profitability of the pharmacy industry may still be adversely affected by the consolidation among generic manufacturers. (Refer to recent merger...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Sep 13, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, NHS, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Suppliers
Lets “ Stand together against flu.” I quote from the Sanofi Pasteur advert . I was horrified to read that that GPs in Shropshire and Staffordshire have objected to NHS England local contract team inviting pharmacies to contract to deliver a Pharmacy-led flu...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jun 13, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
The MHRA, along with hundreds of government websites will be moving to GOV.UK over the next few months. The new website will look very different from the current website. To help users find their way around the site, the MHRA will let us see the information on GOV.UK...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jun 13, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers
From the 22nd April the MHRA only accept new applications for wholesale distribution authorisations via the MHRA Process Licensing Portal – https://pclportal.mhra.gov.uk. The MHRA have issued two useful guidance documents on how to use the portal: a) Using the portal...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jun 12, 2014 | Blog, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
This is only a quick blog item for now but we do spend a lot of time consulting to medicines wholesalers about the bona-fides they need to check and collect when qualifying new customer and new suppliers. We stress the need for such qualifying processes and of course...
