Logistic Company GDP trained?

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 24, 2015 | Training, Transportation

Are the drivers of your logistics company GDP trained if the deliver medicines for you to your customers or to another wholesaler? What would you train them in and why? We recently were asked to deliver training for these important team members. Where did we start? We...

Responsible Person Challenges

by Ryan Watts | Mar 24, 2015 | Blog, Bona Fides

The roles and responsibilities of the RP is becoming tougher, the roles can be delegated but  not the responsibility thus the activities need to be delegated in a very clear and concise way to the team member who is tasked with carrying out the role. The RP must...

Pfizer, Lipitor and the business of big Pharma

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog

The saga continues here in Australia where the Australian Competitor and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has logged an appeal to the Federal Court over their anti-competitive case against Pfizer. This all stems back to early 2012 as the patent for Lipitor, a large market...

Can community pharmacy, GPs and nurses handle the treatment of Hep C?

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog

It was announced this week that Hepatitis Australia has recommended to the Government to allow community based prescribing and dispensing of Hepatitis C medications.  This would mirror the current treatment for people living with HIV and would move these patients into...

The reality of pharmacy ownership in Australia

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog

In Australia pharmacy ownership is unique.  You must be a pharmacist to own a pharmacy and the Pharmacy Guild, a member organisation of pharmacy owners, negotiates directly with the Government for the way pharmacies are remunerated.   This is the model we know in...

Travel Clinic

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 19, 2015 | Blog

Travel medicine has evolved out of a need to keep the traveler safe and healthy without destroying the joy of travelling.  Health professionals including pharmacists, GP’s and nurses are well placed to ensure that the traveler is well informed about the health risks...

The Price of QUALITY

by Ryan Watts | Mar 19, 2015 | Quality Systems

When speaking to one of our wholesaler clients last week, I was reminded of the real cost of conforming to the regulations that govern the pharmaceutical warehousing (and manufacturing) industries in this country. Making time to spend on quality-related tasks can seem...

The Role of the Pharmacist  

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog

Again in Australia where the Federal Minister for Health has publicly stated she would like to see the skills and training of pharmacists utilised beyond the current usage levels.  The argument here being that by expanding the role of the pharmacist beyond traditional...

Homeopathy vs Placebo?

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog

Greetings and welcome back; must I say I am happy to be aback on the PCL blog rotation. Some recently published pharmacy related news from Australia shows a set of research conducted by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has concluded there is...

Marine sector medicinal distribution – calling all chandleries

by Kimberley Peck | Mar 15, 2015 | WDA(H)

Do you store medicinal First Aid Kits or Seasickness Tablets? Do you have a storage site that service your chandleries? Do you supply life rafts? Do you know if there are any medicines in the rafts? Do you know you require authorisation to distribute medicine?  ...