by Ryan Watts | Mar 8, 2016 | Blog
Calling all pharmacies! Don’t get caught out! Are you supplying products on signed orders without a Wholesale Dealers Authorisation (WDA)? As per MHRA guidance (in Bold) and provided the ‘transactions’ meet all of the following criteria the MHRA will not deem such...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog
If you have opened a clinic or are delivering services from your pharmacy, dentist or surgery and hired locums or permanent staff to work with your patients, would you consider screening them for any infectious diseases before they start work, or at regular intervals...
by Ryan Watts | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog
Women who are pregnant or are trying to or planning to become pregnant should postpone their non – essential travel to areas where there is active transmission of Zika virus. This includes South and Central America and the Caribbean. [1,2]. This advice is given due to...
by Brian Lindsay | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog
On our travels, we get to witness the dynamics within larger organisations. The chain of responsibilities and the delegations of tasks and duties. Without a doubt, the requirements to comply with the likes of the MHRA and ISO has brought about a stronger link and...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 22, 2016 | Blog
Have you had a NHS England Contact Monitoring Inspection yet? The Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework questionnaire for 2016/2017 is available on the PSNC website. If your pharmacy is based in England, then remember to complete it as soon as possible. The results...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 22, 2016 | Blog
Have you got a WDA, are you approved to Export medicines? Have you been inspected since the new GDP guidelines were launched? If your customers collect and use “Ex-works” Incoterms this does not relinquish your responsibilities as a wholesaler. The MHRA will ask for...
by Ryan Watts | Feb 22, 2016 | Blog
Is your pharmacy under threat? Do you have a consultation room? Would you consider renting it out to a travel health practitioner? Or would you like to be trained to deliver the service yourself under PDGs? To find out more contact [email protected]. Written...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 22, 2016 | Blog
The integrated tissue-organ printer (ITOP), is described in a paper published in the journal Nature Biotechnology by researchers from the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in North Carolina. ITOP prints a 3D biodegradable plastic structure onto...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 22, 2016 | Blog
Scientists have released results of trials using a patient’s own immune cells to treat leukaemia, and they may have made a major breakthrough! It is very early days and the side effects are severe however The patients had previously failed all other treatments....
by Adel Nagy | Feb 17, 2016 | Blog
Budapest has become our new location for GDP/RP training. Europe is a leader in personalised medicine therefore GDP is mandatory for all wholesalers. Our one-day training provides an introduction to Good Distribution Practices (GDP) for the pharmaceutical industry and...
