by Ryan Watts | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog, RP
Outsourcing should be considered in small and large organisation where where an expert third party is more effective and economical. The alternative is to employ and train in-house experts or retrain existing team members. Quality Expertise can be sought in diverse...
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...
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...
