by Ryan Watts | Jun 8, 2016 | Blog
One of the most important aspects of wholesale distribution is maintaining the integrity of the supply chain and preventing falsified medicines from getting to the public. Do not purchase medicinal products from unapproved supplier! /EUROPEAN COMMISSION Guidelines of...
by Ryan Watts | May 18, 2016 | Blog
“The effectiveness of the arrangements for product recall should be evaluated regularly (at least annually)” Clause 6.5 – Guidelines on Good Distribution Practice of medicinal products for human use (2013/ 343/01) That’s what it says. A simple sentence. A...
by Ryan Watts | May 12, 2016 | Blog
Spare a thought for the Packer. The one who has been assigned to pack Pharmaceuticals for transit. Painstaking, precise and controlled. Packages containing gel packs, ice-blocks, temp. loggers, and fillers of different varieties – in specified cartons. And this is in...
by Ryan Watts | May 10, 2016 | Blog
Pharmacy teams are working through their CPPE training and registering with their local National Health Service England Area Teams (NHS AT) or are they now Local Area teams (LAT)/Commissioning support units (CSU) and Health and Social case information centre (hscic)....
by Ryan Watts | May 10, 2016 | Blog
Anyone involved in the distribution chain of pharmaceutical products is by now well aware of the increasing responsibility of ensuring their appropriate transportation – to be secure, segregated and temperature controlled. The MHRA, from general Symposium directives...
by Ryan Watts | May 9, 2016 | Blog
A new £44 million Brain Research Imaging Centre is to open on the 7th June 2016. The centre, based at Cardiff University, is said to be significant for the university, Wales, the UK and the whole of Europe. The centre is said to house some of the most powerful...
by Ryan Watts | May 9, 2016 | Blog
Working in a pharmacy as a dispensing assistant or medicines counter assistant is a useful way to gain practical experience. But before you gain this experience, you need to know who will regulate, help and support you. The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) is the...
by Ryan Watts | May 9, 2016 | Blog
Even within the Community Pharmacy setting, pharmacists work in a wide range of professional environments and operations. If you are wanting to take on a Superintendent Pharmacist role what experience do you have? Have you had wide or narrow exposure to different ways...
by Ryan Watts | May 9, 2016 | Blog
Wholesalers are not immune to identity theft. Of late there has been reports of rogue companies setting up fake websites and bank accounts and using a legitimate company’s wholesale dealer’s authorisation to ‘successfully’ run a wholesaling operation. The use of a...
by Ryan Watts | Apr 8, 2016 | Blog
The London’s city wide flu scheme has been given the green light for a third year, the LMC are waiting to see the detail of the scheme before they decide how best to work with pharmacies in the city. If you are in the city and you want to offer the service, ensure...
