by Sandeep Lyall | Aug 31, 2017 | Blog, Consultancy, Pharmacist, Regulation
Should cosmetic procedures like Dermal fillers be allowed to be performed on patients, without the patient knowing if the person performing it was qualified to do so. Nuffield Council on Bioethics reported on Cosmetic Procedures: Ethical Issues stated, “there is...
by Sandeep Lyall | Aug 31, 2017 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Regulation
Controversial from the start, prescription charges were introduced in 1952, abolished in 1965 and then reintroduced in 1968 with a system of exemptions that persists in modified form today. The charge itself has risen from 20p in 1979 to the current price of £8.60 per...
by Sandeep Lyall | Aug 31, 2017 | Blog, Regulation, Uncategorized
The US Food and Drug Administration gets drugs to the market faster than other major regulators but it is still too slow. Can approvals be achieved quicker without affecting patient safety? Companies can take years to submit their...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 12, 2017 | Blog, Consultancy, External Audit, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, Licence Acquisition, MHRA, Regulation, RP, WDA(H), WDA(H)
Do what I say not what I do, how many of us heard this from our parents & teachers or at least thought that it was one of their mottos? Unfortunately this seems to be a common theme in interactions with all sorts of official bodies as well, now I am not daft...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Apr 3, 2017 | Blog, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, MHRA, Regulation, WDA(H)
Wholesalers need to get familiar with Article 23 Wholesalers will be able to verify and decommission medicinal products on behalf of groups of organisations who do not operate in a healthcare institution or within a pharmacy. These groups of organisations...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Apr 3, 2017 | Blog, GPhC, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
EMVO launched an online portal for pharmaceutical companies that can on-board over the next two years in plenty time for the February 2019 deadline. EMVO offers guidance documents for potential on-boarders. Manufacturers and parallel distributors are encouraged to...
