Falsified Medicines and the supply chain

Sharing experience from recent events to help you safeguard the legitimate supply chain and avoid risks to public health
Sharing experience from recent events to help you safeguard the legitimate supply chain and avoid risks to public health
The definition of a falsified medicine and how to check that your systems comply
A look at the major topics and key themes covered.
From 8 to 10 April 2019, the Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (PIC/S) Committee and PIC/S Executive Bureau meetings took place in Geneva, Switzerland.
Recent cases of criminal attempts to sell falsified and stolen stock into the legitimate supply chain have exposed weaknesses in some supplier qualification processes. A reminder of what companies need to do to protect themselves, the public and the supply chain.
In today’s computerised, high-tech pharmaceutical environment, it is worth reflecting on the Clothier report conclusions from 47 years ago.
Implementation of the FMD safety features in the UK
The MHRA Laboratories Symposium will be held on 13 March 2019 at the Novotel in London. Also ... we have recently changed the contact email address for the laboratories inspection group from glp@mhra.gov.uk to gxplabs@mhra.gov.uk
In a bid to drive improved compliance and to cover the cost of managing more resource-intensive cases, the Inspectorate intends to apply the existing office-based assessment fee more broadly.
Q&As clarifying expectations for implementation of the HBEL guide and cross-contamination control requirements were published in April 2018