The pharmaceutical wholesale industry is a dynamic and highly regulated field, requiring businesses to adhere to stringent compliance standards. Pharmacy Consulting Ltd (PCL) provides comprehensive support to help wholesalers navigate these complexities, offering expert guidance in obtaining and maintaining Wholesale Distribution Authorizations (WDA) and ensuring adherence to Good Distribution Practice (GDP) guidelines.
Given the complexity of storing some modern medicines; either because of unusual storage requirements, because of the value of the product or simply because of space considerations, what can a pharmacy do?
Given all the recent attention that has rightly been placed on the upcoming changes to medicinal products for the UK market, as a result of the implementation of parts of the Windsor Framework, it would be easy to assume that similar changes or at least thought processes would apply to other products.
In May 2024 the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) published and regarding the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 (VMR). The Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024 are not effective but what does this mean for UK wholesalers?
Unless they appear on the NIMAR list, PLGB licensed medicines are not licensed in Northern Ireland. That means they are effectively supplied to NI as an Unlicensed ‘Special’.
After the implementation of the Windsor Framework, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will license all medicines across the whole of the UK’.
From the 1st of January 2025 the supply of medicines to Northern Ireland will be governed by the Windsor Framework, which will replace the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Management of change in your business should be a main cornerstone of any robust and functioning Quality Management System (QMS). The main advantages of having a strong change control process within your business include:
Most of us will know that it is illegal to promote prescription only medicines (POMs) to members of the public, however, it is always worth a reminder that you must be careful what you advertise.
In good news for the UK Health economy, the Government last week published a draft policy to allow medical devices and IVDs that have been approved in certain other countries quicker access to the UK market.
