by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jul 19, 2015 | Analyisis, Behind the scenes, Blog, Falsified Medicines, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, MHRA, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation, RP, WDA(H), WDA(H)
In May, the FDA in conjunction with international law enforcements agencies enforced a major crackdown on illegal and crackdown medications with action taken against 1,050 websites. Seized products were found to have originated in India, China, Hong Kong and...
by Ryan Watts | Jun 12, 2015 | Analyisis, Behind the scenes, Blog, Bona Fides, Business, Consultancy, EudraGMDP, Falsified Medicines, GDP/RP, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, Licence Acquisition, Open Courses, pharmacy business development, Regulation, RP, SOPs, Training, WDA(H), WDA(H)
Yesterday I had a call from a distraught pharmacist who desperately wanted to know how to go about growing his new pharmaceutical wholesaling venture which he had set up with a friend. Our conversation went as follows: Caller: “We have applied for a MHRA...
by Ryan Watts | Jun 2, 2015 | Blog, Bona Fides, Business, Consultancy, Falsified Medicines, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, MHRA, Pharmacy Suppliers, Quality Systems, Regulation, RP, SOPs, Training, Uncategorized, WDA(H), WDA(H)
In the developing countries, poor healthcare infrastructure and a high demand for medicines has led to a proliferation of criminal gangs specialising in the counterfeiting of drugs. In the UK there have been several incidents of falsified medicines entering the NHS...
by Kimberley Peck | Apr 1, 2015 | Falsified Medicines
WHAT? Under the Guidelines of 5 November 2013 on Good Distribution Practice of medicinal products for human use (2013/C 343/01) a Falsified Medicine is defined as: Any medicinal product with a false representation of: its identity, including its...
by Kimberley Peck | Dec 19, 2014 | Falsified Medicines
Welcome to the new unique identifier that will come into implementation during 2015. Giving a three year count-down to all companies involved with the distribution of medicines. The composition, format and carrier of the unique identifier will be harmonised across the...
