Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
Monday, December 19th, 2011
The United States Pharmacopeia is placing supply chain security at the forefront with a new general chapter on best practices for ensuring supply chain integrity and protecting consumers from poor quality and counterfeit medicines.
USP General Chapter <1083>, Good Distribution Practices-Supply Chain Integrity, with the recently published USP General Chapter <1079>, ...
Posted in Bar Coding, Cold Chain, Counterfeiting, Diversion, Electronic Pedigrees, FDA, Handling, Hospital, Imports, Inspection, Internet, Outsourcing, Reimportation, RFID, Safety, security, serialization, standards, supply chain, Tampering, Theft, Transporation | No Comments »
Monday, October 25th, 2010
The potential for mobile marketing is vast, for two main reasons.
The best customers are mostly resistant to and largely unaware of traditional advertising. Adults don't necessarily buy into it, and for kids, it's just not cool.
Then also, the mobile Internet as enabled by smart phones allows the extension of Internet ...
Posted in Counterfeiting, Diversion, Internet, Labeling, Marketing, Package Inserts, Printing and Coding | No Comments »
Friday, June 25th, 2010
Perusing the California State Board of Pharmacy's Web site, I came across a memo on pharmacies investigated for filling prescriptions for Web site operators. If these prescriptions are not backed up by an appropriate prescriber exam, these "pharmacies are facilitating the illegal distribution of prescription drugs from the Internet," the ...
Posted in Counterfeiting, Internet, Labeling, Medical Devices, Pharmacies, Safety, supply chain | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law today. Fifty-nine billion dollars will flow into healthcare, partly to fund the development of national electronic medical records. But there are other healthcare reforms, too, and each may be met with controversy. Surprising to some, there may be some packaging ...
Posted in Bar Coding, CMS, Compliance Packaging, Internet, Medical Devices, Medical Errors, Medication Therapy Management | 1 Comment »
Friday, January 2nd, 2009
How many of you routinely log on to the Internet to "shop" consumer auction sites for your own products? Did you know that you can buy over-the-counter allergy medicine and smoking-cessation drugs? Earlier this week I even found catheter insertion kits and enteral-feeding pump bags and tubes. "BAGS NEW in ...
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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
CFC-propelled albuterol inhalers won't be available after December 31. So after I ring in the New Year, I may just hop on the Internet to see whether they are still for sale.
For research purposes only! I would NEVER buy them illegally, of course, despite the challenges of using HFA albuterol. ...
Posted in Counterfeiting, Internet, Reimportation | 1 Comment »
