Changes of pregabalin and gabapentin

Decision made by Home Office, which comes into force from 1st of April 2019 that pregabalin and gabapentin is placed in schedule 3 controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. But would be excluded from the requirement to be stored in a safe....

Need to know about Responsible Person import (RP-i)

In the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal, a wholesale dealer may import Qualified Person certified medicines form the EEA if certain checks are made by the Responsible Person import (RPi) RP-i has an important role in ensuring that only bona fide quality...

Pregabalin and Gabapentin

With everything going on at the moment it is easy to forget that there are things other than Brexit happening. An important one for the pharma supply chain is the scheduling of Pregabalin and Gabapentin as Class C, schedule 3 controlled drugs from 1st April 2019….

What is the “10 day rule and when would I apply it?

“10 day rule”  What is the ten day rule? All stakeholders in the medicines supply chain such as, wholesalers, pharmacies, hospitals will have to  verify and decommission medicinal  products when they are supplied to the patient or a healthcare provider who is...

What are Anti-Tampering Devices “ATDs”?

What is an Anti-Tampering device  “ATD”? An anti-tampering device “ATD”  is designed to be attached to all medicinal products placed on the market after the 9th of February to  aid the different stakeholders in the supply chain...